Results back from the phantom 1901-s Quarter.

jdimmick

Recently I was looking thru a box of junk barber quarter's and came across a 1901. Well when I flipped it over, something caught my eye. It looked like a very faint s mintmark. I looked at it several times and couldnt figure out if it was a weak but genuine 01-s or what it was. As most folks know, all 1901-s barber quarters I have ever seen or herd of, even in very low grade, have a pronounced mintmark. I showed it to a fellow board member who thought it was intresting, not necessarily a genuine coin, so I decide to send it in to see what the services would say about it. I was wondering if somehow it was a filled in mintmark by something on the die, or a weak strike or even a sanfrancisco die that was used in Philly? or any number of things including someone trying to alter it to look like an "s".

Anyway, PCGS graded it today as a 1901-Philly Good-6, oh well, it will make an intresting conversation piece.

Here are the photo's for you to see ? also I welcome any comments ?

ksteelheader

XpipedreamR

nwcs

Probably was an added mint mark that fell off.

Agflyer

Is the phantom "s" possibly a clash mark from the obverse? I have an 1873-p dime that looks to have a faint "cc" on the reverse, near where it's supposed to be. After looking at for a while I've come to the conclusion that the "cc" is in fact a clash of Liberty's head. Oh well.

lloydmincy

What? are you dreaming? There is nothing CLOSE to resembling an "s". Genuine ones are OBVIOUS, even when worn heavily...

jdimmick

Loyldmincy,

Yes, I am aware of that as mentioned in my post. I thought it was neat. Looks more realistic in person that on the photo. And No, I dont have to dream about an 01-s.

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