VF30 '01s quarter at JJT.....is this the one JimDimmick was talking about?

goose3 · July 17, 2005 10:26AM

The second nicest example of this date we have handled in years. This coin is arguably an EF-40, but we believe PCGS net graded this piece to VF-30 due to a very faint obverse staple scratch from the rim at 7:00 on the obverse to beneath Miss Liberty's ear. The strike and originality are superb. Softly toned in steel gray and gold hues. The wing feathers are fully struck to the tips and E PLURIBUS UNUM is complete and sharp. The obverse hair detail is strong beneath the headband. A truly magnificent piece. A prize for the advanced collector. Don't let this opportunity slip by. 28995

jdimmick · July 17, 2005 10:32AM

This is it John, But this picture is very decieving. The scratch is very deep and quite long and very visible. The one thing however that this photo does show better is the surface luster and detail of the coin. It still sitting in its original holder (old light green PCGS-30) If the coin truly looked like this with no noticeable scratch, less just say it wouldnt be currently for sale. I would have paid whatever it took to take it home that night from the auction floor??

goose3 · July 17, 2005 10:34AM

If the coin looked like this picture, I'd sell off a bunch of my stuff to get it!

ARCO · July 17, 2005 11:03AM

This coin was sold by Heritage and a larger pic can be had there under the auctions archive section. Even with the larger pic, the scratch seems relatively minor. Thanks to Jim seeing the coin in person we know that the scratch runs a bit deeper.

Tyler

P.S. What kind of moron brings a staple within 100 yards of an XF 1901-S Barber quarter. I wonder if the staple scratch perp was not later sent by a very disgruntled father/collector for a very necessary partial lobotomy.

Tyler

jdimmick · July 17, 2005 11:22AM

I went back an edited my first post out of respect for the firm selling it, regardless of what the image shows or dont show, the deep scratch is a real heartbreaker for a truly otherwise magnificent coin. Several other Barber collectors I talked with that day as well as myself would have been quite intrested in the coin if it weren't for the scratch. I can honestly tell you that I spent at least 1-2 hours on two different ocassions viewing this coin in hand deciding if I could live with it or not. I just couldnt!

Coinosaurus · July 17, 2005 11:55AM

Teaparty also had an EF one a year or two back at 18K. I thought about it, and passed. The market for this particular coin is unbelievable. The number of folks doing Barber quarter sets must be in the hundreds.

MFH · July 17, 2005 12:08PM

Glad to see the "Barber Fraternity" keeping up with the goings on with this super-rarity. I noticed this 01-S on JJ Teaparty's web site this afternoon. Knowing that there are but so many PCGS VF30's on the market, I assumed that this was the coin Jim inspected at great legnth.

As Tyler mentioned, the Heritage picture does show a shaddow of a scratch, but the JJ Teaparty picture doesn't show a mark...even when you know the exact location of the mark.

VF30 '01s quarter at JJT.....is this the one JimDimmick was talking about?

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