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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 543102, member: 15309&quot;]The Appalachian Hoard was group of fantastically rainbow toned Jefferson War Nickels discovered by a dealer in an estate near the Appalachian Mountains in late 2000.&nbsp; This dealer had the hoard certified by NGC and then the coins were distributed (sold) by different dealer who was a toning specialist.&nbsp; There was skepticism from the collecting community from the start, and when the coins sold out and a second batch of Appalachians (including both war nickels and regular issues) magically &amp; immediately appeared after the first group sold, the skepticism turned widespread.&nbsp; The toning dealer at this point dropped his affiliation with them and NGC stopped encapsulating coins of that color scheme and pattern as market acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the numismatic community considers the Appalachian Hoard to be the work of a talented coin doctor and basically relegated the coins to AT status.&nbsp; However, the coins are all graded by NGC and are phenomenally beautiful.&nbsp; They also still bring ridiculous premiums despite their AT stigma.&nbsp; The fact that I own 5 of these coins is proof of my tolerance towards AT coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of an Appalachian Jefferson currently for sale by a very reputable dealer for a ridiculous price.&nbsp; Even I won&#039;t pay that price.&nbsp; I have a feeling he doesn&#039;t really want to sell it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.aprci.com/CoinDetailsAll.asp?Recordset6_Items_Action=Find%28%27ID%27,%2755%27%29&amp;Recordset6_Items_Position=FIL%3A%28SortNo+%3E%3D+41+AND+SortNo+%3C%3D+42%29+OR+%28SortNo+%3E%3D61+AND+SortNo+%3C%3D+64%29ORD%3AABS%3A16KEY%3A55PAR%3A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aprci.com/CoinDetailsAll.asp?Recordset6_Items_Action=Find%28%27ID%27,%2755%27%29&amp;Recordset6_Items_Position=FIL%3A%28SortNo+%3E%3D+41+AND+SortNo+%3C%3D+42%29+OR+%28SortNo+%3E%3D61+AND+SortNo+%3C%3D+64%29ORD%3AABS%3A16KEY%3A55PAR%3A" rel="nofollow">http://www.aprci.com/CoinDetailsAll.asp?Recordset6_Items_Action=Find(%27ID%27,%2755%27)&amp;Recordset6_Items_Position=FIL%3A(SortNo+%3E%3D+41+AND+SortNo+%3C%3D+42)+OR+(SortNo+%3E%3D61+AND+SortNo+%3C%3D+64)ORD%3AABS%3A16KEY%3A55PAR%3A</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you get your camera soon my friend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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