Top Buffalo Nickels Sets Display by PCGS at ANA

(Newport Beach, California) – The award-winning, number one PCGS Set Registry sets of circulation strike and proof Buffalo nickels will be displayed by Professional Coin Grading Service at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 8 – 12, 2007. The sets include a total of 16 coins that are the single finest ever submitted for certification including 1913-S Type One (PCGS MS68) and 1920-S (PCGS MS66).

Produced for circulation from 1913 to 1938, Buffalo nickels were designed by acclaimed sculptor James Earle Fraser. They are also described by collectors as Indian Head nickels.

“These are from the collection of Gerald Forsythe. The weighted grade point average of the basic set of circulation strikes is an amazing 66.50, and the average for the proof Buffalo nickels is 68,” said BJ Searls PCGS Set Registry Manager. PCGS is a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).

Forsythe’s Buffalo nickel collection was inducted into the PCGS Hall of Fame in 2005. It won the Best Classic Set Award for the circulation strikes in 2005 and 2006, and the proof coins won Best Classic Set Awards in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

A complete basic circulation strike set consists of 64 coins, and there are eight coins in the complete set of proof Buffalo nickels.

“There’s something about Buffalo nickels that attracts collectors. Some remember when every once in a while one would show up in their change, or a time when they did Grandpa a favor and the reward was a beautiful old nickel. Perhaps it reminds us of a time when the West was still new. Whatever the reasons, many people collect Buffalo nickels and some have managed to build truly phenomenal sets,” said Ron Guth, President of PCGS, in the introduction to the Buffalo nickels set registry page.

Highlights of the Forsythe Collection include (all are single finest graded unless otherwise noted):

1913-S Type One, MS68
1913-S Type Two, MS67
1918-D, MS67
1918-S, MS66
1920-D, MS66
1920-S, MS66
1923-S, MS66 (one of only two)
1924-D, MS66
1924-S, MS66
1925-S, MS66
1926-D, MS67
1927-S, MS65 (one of 19)
1929-D, MS67
1931-S, MS67
1937-D, MS68
1936, PR69
1936, satin proof PR69
1937, PR69

In addition to viewing the display in person, visitors to the PCGS booth (#126) at the ANA convention can obtain a free, illustrated brochure about the collection.

The free, interactive PCGS Set Registry program was established in 2001. In addition to every major U.S. coin series, the registry also has categories for British, Canadian, Euro, German, Philippines and Japanese coins.
For additional information, visit online at www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry.