Top Barber Half Set for Sale At FUN - January, 2016

MFH · September 20, 2015 7:42AM

Its come to my attention that the current # 1 set of Barber Halves will be sold at Tampa FUN this January.
Yesterday, I received a flyer from Heritage stating that Dr. Peter and Mrs. Janice Shireman have elected
to sell off their wonderful set of my favorite Halves. Sorry to say.

As the U.S. Coin forum is set up for the discussion of coins and not to be used for the sale of coins - even
in inferrance - so I have decided to continue showing off the past top three sets of Barber Halves - here -
on the US Coin Registry account.

Please bear with me - I just installed Windows 10 - this could get ugly...lol... { Surprisingly, it went smoothly ! }

The earlier years : 1892 to 1903 sets were placed on the US Coin Forum, included in the "Mega Barber Thread".

The sets continue here with the year:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1904 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PHILADELPHIA

Shireman: MS 65+

Duckor : MS 67 + { Ex: Dale Friend: POP TOP POP ONE }

Friend : MS 65 - Superior Galleries Images:

NEW ORLEANS

Shireman: MS 66+ The Eliasberg Example

Duckor : MS 66

Friend: MS 65 - Superior Galleries Images

San Francisco

Shireman : MS 67 - Three Way Tie for POP TOP

Duckor : MS 67 - Three Way Tie for POP TOP

Friend: MS 66 - Eliasberg Pedigree

No Need to Comment on this Thread - I will update this daily with the missing years.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1905 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PHILADELPHIA

SHIREMAN: MS 66

DUCKOR : MS 68+ Finest Known Barber Half in MS - POP TOP POP ONE

FRIEND : MS 65 - Superior Galleries Images

NEW ORLEANS

Your's Truly: MS 63 - Valente151 Images

SHIREMAN: MS 66+

DUCKOR: MS 68 - Tied with one other for POP TOP

FRIEND: MS 67 - Superior Galleries Images

SAN FRANCISCO

SHIREMAN: MS 65

DUCKOR: MS 67 - Tied with two others for POP TOP

FRIEND: MS 66 - Superior Galleries Images

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1906 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman - MS 66

Duckor - MS 67 - Tied with one other for POP TOP

Friend - MS 65

Denver

Shireman - MS 66

Duckor - MS 66+

Friend - MS 65

New Orleans

Shireman - MS 67+ Tied for POP TOP

Duckor - MS 67+ - Tied for POP TOP

Friend - MS 66

San Francisco

Shireman - MS 68 - POP TOP POP ONE - Second Highest Graded Barber Half - ex: NGC 69

Duckor - MS 67

Friend - MS 67

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1907 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman - MS 67+ POP TOP - Ex: Duckor

Duckor - MS 67+ - POP TOP - Sold to Shireman

Friend - MS 66 - Superior Galleries Images

Denver

Shireman - MS 66

Duckor - MS 67+ Ex: Friend - POP TOP POP ONE -

Friend - MS 67 - Heritage Images

New Orleans

Shireman - MS 67 Tied with One other for POP TOP

Duckor - MS 67 - Tied with one other for POP TOP

Friend - MS 66 - Heritage Images

San Francisco

Shireman - MS 66 - EX: Friend

Duckor - MS 67+ POP TOP POP ONE

Friend - MS 66 - Superior Images

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman - MS 67 - Tied with one other for POP TOP

Duckor - MS 67 - Tied with one other for POP TOP

Friend - MS 65 - Superior Galleries Images

Denver

Shireman - MS 66+

Duckor - MS 66+

Friend - MS 66

New Orleans

Shireman - MS 67

Duckor - MS 67

Friend - MS 65

San Francisco

Shireman - MS 66 +

Duckor - MS 66

Friend - MS 66

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1909 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor: MS 66+ Three Way Tie for POP TOP

Friend: MS 66 - Superior Galleries Images

New Orleans

Shireman: MS 67 - POP TOP POP ONE

SROTAG' S - MS 66 - one of the few images I have of his coins. [ actual human hair on top of holder - Thx Heritage ! ]

Duckor: MS 66

Friend: 65 - Images courtesy of HA.com

San Francisco

Shireman: MS 67+ = POP TOP POP ONE

Duckor: MS 67

Friend: MS 67 - Superior Galleries Images

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1910 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor: MS 66+ POP TOP POP ONE

Friend: MS 66 - Heritage Images

San Francisco

Shireman: MS 67+

Duckor: MS 67

Friend: MS 67 : Heritage Images

Superior Galleries Images:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1911 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia nd: MS 65

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor: MS 66

Friend: MS 65 - Superior Galleries Images

Denver

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor: MS 66+

Friend: MS 67 - Superior Galleries Images

San Francisco

Shireman: MS 66

Shireman: MS 66 - S/s RPM - Ex: Hayes / Friend - Heritage Images: Shown under Friend's coin.

Duckor: MS 67+ POP TOP POP ONE

Friend: MS 66 - Superior Galleries Images - { Sorry - these images from Superior are terrible }

Dale's 1911-S is the S/s RPM - which I bought at his auction in 2009...which I sold ... and Peter Shireman bought it.

Heritage Images:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1912 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor : MS 66+ POP TOP & POP ONE

Friend: MS 65 - Superior Galleries Images

Denver

Shireman: MS 66+ POP TOP & POP ONE

Duckor: MS 66

Friend: MS 66 - Images by Heritage Galleries:

San Francisco

Shireman : MS 66 - Very faint MM

Duckor: MS 66

Friend: MS 66 - Superior Galleries Images

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1913 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor: MS 66 + POP TOP POP ONE

Friend: MS 65 - Heritage Images

Denver

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor: MS 66

Friend: MS 66 - Superior Galleries Images

San Francisco

Shireman: MS 66

Duckor: MS 67 POP ONE POP TOP

Friend: MS 65 Superior Galleries Images

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1914 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1915 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DrPete · September 20, 2015 11:38AM

Top-end nice coins still do very well. The MS 65 common dates and over-graded coins, not so well. Seems like the CAC stickered coins do better than those without.

MFH · September 21, 2015 1:43AM

Just added 1905 , 1906 , 1907 , 1908 , 1909 , 1910 , 1911 , 1912 , 1913, 1914 & 1915 Images.

All three major sets of Barber Halves have been posted - some [ 1892 to 1904 ] are posted on the Barber Mega Thread - Part Three,
where I had to stop - as the rules of posting coins for sale may not be posted on the US Coin Forums. Peter had just announced his
intention to sell off his Half set - and I moved the balance of the sets to the Registry Forum - where it is allowed to post coins for sale [ once ].

MFH · October 2, 2015 1:26AM

Editing this has become a chore.

PCGS querries me on each edit -
and blocks my edits more times
than not.

I'm going to add the remaining three dates
as one post at a time.

Starting with the 1913:

Shireman - Philadelphia - MS 66

Duckor - Phila - MS 66+ - POP TOP -

Friend - Phila - MS 65 - Heritage Images

Shireman - Denver - MS 66

Duckor - Denver - MS 66

Friend - Denver - MS 66 - Superior Galleries Images

Shireman - San Francisco - MS 66

Duckor - San Francisco - MS 67 POP TOP POP ONE

Friend - San Francisco - MS 65 - Superior Galleries Images

MFH · October 3, 2015 5:42AM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1914 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Philadelphia

Shireman - MS 65 +

Duckor - MS 66 +

Friend - MS 65

San Francisco

Shireman - MS 65 +

Duckor - MS 66

Friend: MS 65

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1915 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Philadelphia

Shireman - MS 66

Duckor - MS 66+ POP TOP POP ONE

Friend - MS 65 - Superior Images

Denver

Shireman - MS 66 +

Duckor - MS 66 +

Friend - MS 66 - Superior Galleries' Images

San Francisco

Shireman - MS 67 - Tied for POP TOP with Duckor

Duckor - MS 67 - Tied with Shireman - POP TOP

Friend - MS 66 - Heritage Auction Galleries

This concludes the three All Time Finest Barber Half Sets [ up to this point ] .

There are two other amazing sets in the works, and I am sure the bidding will be
fast and furious once Peter Shireman's set crosses the block. @ Tampa FUN in January, 2016

Best of luck, Peter. Sharing your set was my honor. I have one or two favorites that I'll be
seriously considering.

illini420 · October 3, 2015 11:10PM

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1909 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New Orleans

Friend: 65 - Images courtesy of HA.com

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Here's the PCGS TrueView of the coin (now in my set)... very pretty and has loads more luster an eye appeal than the average MS65 Barber Half

MFH · October 5, 2015 2:18PM

MIKE - YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH !

DrPete · October 5, 2015 10:42PM

Great presentation of the three gem Barber halve sets, Mike. I know you put a lot of work into posting those.

There is a strong possibility that my set will be on display by Heritage at the November Baltimore show. I am planning to go to that show. More details as they become available.

MFH · October 6, 2015 1:35AM

Dr. Pete.... It was more an education I was looking for.
It was a bit time consuming - but it was also enjoyable
experience. I wish however that Dale's set was imaged by
True View. Hard comparing apples and oranges !

As a side note: which were the coins you bought out of
Dale's set and which came from Duckors. ?

I was sitting behind you, Janice and Harry one night at auction when
Janice raised your bid card to cut the bid on the 1907 Philadelphia .
It's one of my favorites in your collection.

DrPete · October 6, 2015 3:35AM

Hi Mike,

The coins in my set from Duckor's sale at auction are: 95-S, 98-O, 07, 08-O. Duplicate coins I picked up from Duckor's set as he upgraded prior to auction: 03, 06, 12.

Similarly, from Friend's set at auction: 94, 07-O, 07-S. Duplicate coins from Friend: 98, 03-O.

These two were sources of 12 coins out of the 73 in regular set, or about 16.5%.

Yes, the purchase of the 07 half at auction remains a favorite story about a purchase for our set. In January, it will be our turn to sit and enjoy the auction as it goes off.

DrPete · October 6, 2015 6:19AM

My thanks, again, to you Mike.

As key as the Duckor and Friend coins are to our set, the John Hugon set alone accounts for 9/73 or about 12.5%. The Hugon auction was in 2004 and look at what coins came from there:

1894-O MS 66+ CAC with proof-like fields and cameo-type contrast and peripheral toning.
1895 MS 66+ CAC
1899 MS 66+ CAC
1899-O MS 66+ CAC
1903-S MS 67 CAC
1906-O MS 67+ CAC
1906-S MS 68 CAC
1909-O MS 67 CAC
1909-S MS 67+ CAC

These nine coins are some of the finest Barber halves for their date/mint mark. It was a case of really reaching for these coins. I am going to miss these beauties!

DrPete · October 14, 2015 1:19AM

For anyone interested, my Registry Barber Half Set now lists which coins have been certified by CAC. I've had several people ask. My coin descriptions put this designation first, for anyone who would like to see.

DrPete · December 30, 2015 7:00AM

The auction is in one more week. About half the coins will be on Wednesday night, with the rest in Platinum night on Thursday. Heritage divides them up based on estimated value. Looking forward to being at the show and seeing how it feels to be the one whose coins are being sold. It should be fun, and I plan to enjoy the experience. I predict the Wed night coins will be sold starting around 9 pm based on prior experience with how many lots Heritage typically sells per hour. On Thursday I expect my coins to be sold starting around 7 pm. All coins are being sold without reserve. Don't tell me that isn't at least a bit scary! Anyway, I hope the coins will speak for themselves and do well.

Anyone want to predict which coin sells for the most? The top candidates, in my opinion are: 92-O micro O, 04-S, and 06-S. I'm still working on what I want to collect next. I do like the half dollar denomination.

Come by and see me at Harry Laibstain's table throughout the show, and/or at the live auction. I will have a limited number of souvenir catalogs with just my set that I will autograph and hand out to my favorite Barber coin collectors.

Top Barber Half Set for Sale At FUN - January, 2016

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