In the upcoming West Palm Beach, FL (Summer FUN) Signature Coin Auction, taking place in West Palm Beach, FL on June 26-29, Heritage will be offering Registry collections from a consignor who specialized in the finest Jefferson nickels. Eight different Jefferson Nickel Registry sets rated #1 All-Time and #1 Current Finest are included under the Compradore name:

1. Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1938-1964)
2. Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1965-present)
3. Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1938-present)
4. With Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1938-1964)
5. With Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1938-present)
6. War Set with Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1942-1945)
7. Full Steps with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1938-1964)
8. Full Steps with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1938-present)

Compradore also includes additional Registry sets:

1. #2 All-Time and #2 Current Finest: Jefferson Nickels Full Steps Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1938-1964)
2. #2 All-Time and #2 Current Finest: Jefferson Nickels Date Set, Circulation Strikes (1938-present)
3. #1 All-Time and #1 Current Finest: The Five Cent Type Set (1866-present).

The consignor is a retired stockbroker, with an MBA from the University of Southern California. During the 1990s, he decided to move some assets into coins and succeeded in assembling the #5 PCGS Registry Set of Morgan Dollars (Krispy’s Morgans). After that, he decided to complete the #1 set in Jefferson Nickels.

In the consignor’s words: “I’ve always liked Jefferson nickels. While I was a cashier at the university cafeteria in 1969, I managed to build a complete set (date and mint mark) of Jeffersons from the change in the cash tray. The only coin I couldn’t find was the 1950-D which is really hard to find in circulation. Undaunted, I purchased a nice one from a coin shop for the princely sum of $10 and then turned around and sold the entire set back to the coin shop for $50. My first experience collecting Jeffersons was (to my recollection) immensely rewarding!”

Decades later, the consignor began collecting Jefferson nickels again, and this time succeeded in assembling all of those #1 All-Time finest PCGS Registry sets. “Included in these sets are a number of coins which I personally “discovered” and sent to PCGS for grading, several of which returned “none finer” - the most significant of these being the 1955 D/S in MS66, a “none finer” specimen with just 2 coins known in this grade. I guess this is what’s so exciting about collecting Jeffersons nickels: they remain a wide open yet accessible frontier where a little hard work and an eagle eye (for the average collector) can still result in very exciting discoveries.”

Highlights of the
href=”http://www.HA.com/Coins/common/search_items.php?Sale_No=1110&Consignor_No=201″>Compradore Collections include:

1938-S 5C MS67 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 4 in this grade, none finer with Full Steps. 1942-D/D 5C D Over Horizontal D MS63 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 2 in this grade, three finer with Full Steps, 7 in all Full Steps grades. 1943/2-P 5C MS67 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 2 in this grade, none finer with Full Steps. 1946-D/D 5C MS66 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 13 in this grade, none finer with Full Steps. Pair of 1940s Nickels MS66 Full Steps PCGS. The single finest Full Steps coin of this grade certified by either major service. 1949-D 5C MS67 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 2 in this grade, none finer with Full Steps. 1949-D/S 5C MS66 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 2 in this grade, none finer with Full Steps, 5 in all Full Steps grades. 1950-D 5C MS67 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 4 in this grade, none finer with Full Steps. 1955-D/S 5C MS66 PCGS. PCGS population 2 in this grade, none finer, unknown with Full Steps. 1961-D 5C MS64 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 2 in this grade, one finer with Full Steps, 3 in all Full Steps grades. 1963-D 5C MS65 Full Steps PCGS. PCGS population 2 in this grade, none finer with Full Steps, 12 in all Full Steps grades. This auction is open for bidding now at www.HA.com/Coins.