Appalachian hoard

islemangu

Just curious about the story behind it. Did a word search for it first here and only one thread 2 years ago just showing them. Thanks for any information you can share

nwcs

The only thing I remember is that some person had kept thousands of rolls of war nickels because they didn't trust the bank for their money. They kept them in a barrel or something. When they died their children couldn't sell off the stuff fast enough. I know a lot of them went to NGC. Here is one and even this picture doesn't do it justice.

pontiacinf

wow thats a pretty jeffery

Dennis88

mrearlygold

I haven't read anything about these but have a real interest in them. Is there a link to a story somewhere? What do you all think they are worth in various grades?

Thanks!

TP

CarlWohlforth

I talked with a dealer who helped the purchaser sell them. Originally they were all bought up by one guy who didn't want to sell them, I guess they were too modern or something.

Apparently there was a large batch of coins stored in different ways. Many were no good. There were some Morgans and other stuff, but mostly War Nickels. I never did find out much about them. I don't even know what state they originated in.

The one below is in an NGC 64* holder. I've seen them priced from $250-$450.

sumnom

Nice nickel!

mrearlygold

Well Carl, that's a really nice nickel! Not too modern for me.

But I like Jeffersons

Rgrds
TP

EvilMCT

Carl - That's certainly a beautiful Jefferson you have there. Appears to be dripping with luster.

Ken

solid

Here is one of mine, though the scan hardly does it justice.

I've noticed that many have a similar sort of odd pattern as shown on the reverse
of this example.

Ken