My venture into Barber Quarters just increased by 1
Desert Moon
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Below is my Barber quarter newp. Both the Troo Veuw and the SH View images. This is my first barber quarter acquisition in 2022. It upgrades a P58 no CAC. The latter will stay in my Everyman registry, the newp goes into my CAC Barber quarter registry. I like the look of this one, and interestingly it is one where the obverse is much better in eye appeal than the reverse. For a 62, this is a really nice coin. The surfaces are really nice, no hairlines that one sees on many 62's these days, reflecting probably a light cleaning when they are there. It was probably limited in grade because of the luster. It is nice, but not enough to bring it up to a higher grade. Nevertheless a really nice quarter and worthy of the green bean that puts it into the A or B category for quality in that grade according to CAC.
In terms of what is out there, the 93-O is not too uncommon, PCGS has had 69 grading events in 58, 45 grading events in 62, and 164 grading events in 63 to 68. The 68 is shown on coin facts and is is pop 1 and to die for. So any one interested in picking up a 58 or higher should be able to do it w/o too much difficulty. CAC has stickered 41 with green beans (none in gold), 7 in 58, 3 in 62, and 22 in higher grades including 1 68. NGC does not list a 68 in their census so the PCGS one is the top and beaned. NGC has over a 100 grading events in MS for the 93-O as well, so again, must be quite a few out there.
Assuming that at least 200 MS coins are extant, why are only 25 beaned in MS? Surely at least 1/4 or more of the extant examples have been to CAC? This speaks to how difficult getting the bean that states high quality for the grade in CAC's way of grading, as has been emphasized here on these boards many times.
So here is it below. Best, SH
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Comments
Looks good to me!
Your pics much better than TV. I think the toning is attractive. Agree about sweet surfaces for a 62. Congrats!
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Great piece! Amazing photo too.
The coin looks really nice. Congrats!
A very nice coin. I really have trouble that it didn't receive a Gold or a higher grade. Wish I could find MS62s that looked like that. Would be easier on the pocketbook.
That's great photography and it looks like a really nice coin.
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I really like your images.
I agree with the others-that is a superior 62.
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Very nice coin photography.... and I think it looks better than a 62. Cheers, RickO
Nice looking coin!
Very nice quarter, original appearance, looks under-graded, no worries with that one.
Me like. Looks way nicer than a 62 to me. Beautiful delicate toning as well. Great pick up.
Dave
Very nice!
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Thanks for the comments folks.........
Best, SH