Where are all the Barber quarter collectors?
TahoeDale
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I collect several series, and for all, except the above, I correspond and trade info and coins with several other collectors. But as of date, there has been no trading of ideas, pops, images, etc, with the MS quarter guys and girls.
So come on out of hiding, and let's trade information on pops, pricing, and availability of the coins we all need.
So come on out of hiding, and let's trade information on pops, pricing, and availability of the coins we all need.
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The best Barber quarter collections are in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.They are both unregistered.
Stewart
Ok here is my sole mint state barber quarter. It is in my registry type set. The rest of my barber quarters are in Good to Very Fine condition and are also raw hence unregistered.
<< <i>Good question! Where the heck are they? >>
At the barber Shop?
Tyler has my want list, but he's dragging his feet.
Dave
I love Barber quarters! Mostly I collect proofs, but I have been know to snatch up a MS coin or two.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
I started this set as an off-shoot to a type set. I wouldn't start this set seriously until I located the 09-O in AU58. I had JJ Teaparty find one for me in raw state that's really an Unc, but it has a slight rub on the cheek. ANACS then graded it MS details, cleaned, net AU55. Liz told me when I bought it that it might not holder at PCGS, and she was right...its still a nice coin and I have yet to find a better replacement.
A group of three less known dates that are extremely hard to locate are the 1898-S, 99-S and the 00-S.
These are called the Philippine Hoard dates. Try locating one of these in AU 55- they are almost impossible to locate un-messed with. Another scarcity is the 97-S. I bought a MS61 to fill the slot (ANACS) until I located a true AU55 example (NGC) ... have since sold off the ANACS MS61.
The 1892 date offers sub-types which are also interesting as are the 1900- 1901 hub types. I'm still looking for a 1892 Type I (not that hard to find, but I have not been around when they have been offered) and the 1892- O Type II. My 1900-P is a Hub II, the 00-O is a Hub II, and the 00-S is a Hub I.
I have not actively pursued the other Hub types as yet. I have not even started to locate the 1901 coins as yet. Is there two Hub types for the 1901-S. I really don't know.
Most of my set of Barber quarters has been holdered by ANACS ( which were raw coins when originally purchased) although I did buy the keys in either PCGS/NGC or ICG holders.
Someday when I have more bucks than brains, I'll crack out this set and get everything holdered by either NGC or PCGS. It really doesn't matter to me if I have the # 5 or 6th finest set on PCGS Registry. The satisfaction of having the set almost complete is good enough for me.
As an aside, I have decided to put together a set of Proof Barber Quarters. I just started, and picked up a beautiful 1898 PR66CAM from the JFS collection last month. Loads of colors and absolutely stunning. No pictures as yet, but for the more adept than I, it was lot # 4118, from Heritage's #352 sale, maybe someone could post a link or download the image to this thread.
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Tyler
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There are a lot of ugly over dipped Proof Barbers in this world. That one isn’t one of them! Lovely.
Dave
But here's an interesting story regarding one of my recent acquisitions. Last summer we were up in northern Wisconsin on vacation. My wife saw an ad for an antique show at a school in the next town and said let's see what they've got. She collects old kitchen utensils and I was burned out from non-productive muskie fishing.
It was a typical junky picked-over, overpriced antique show, but my wife says-hey look, that guy's got some coins in his showcase. So there's this guy selling old jewelry, knicknacks, and old books. In his jewelry case were the familiar coins you see at these kinds of shows-heavily circulated mercury dimes, buffalo nickels, a few common date indian head cents, all overpriced. But I noticed there were about a dozen barber quarters as well, all well-circulated with most marked at $4 apiece. The dealer says, "I don't know much about coins, these came with a wholesale lot of books I bought. I did the best I could getting prices out of this...." He showed me a 1985 Redbook. With nothing more exciting to do, I asked to take a look at the Barbers. They're all common dates 03, 05, 07, etc, except there's an 1896, and I turn it over, and there's the "S."
Immediately I was hit by the moral dilemma that has been discussed here on numerous occasions-what is the buyer's responsibility to the seller, when the buyer has more knowledge than the seller? I usually don't have a problem with this when dealing with a "professional" coin dealer, but this guy didn't even know how to locate mint marks, and his pricing info was 20 years out-of-date. To make a long story short, I showed him the mint mark, and said prices have gone up a bit over the past 20 years. I told him I'd give him $200 for the bunch. He quickly checked his old Redbook and said, "deal." So I think we both came out OK.
I would have handed him $4 and walked.
Contrats,
Dave
don
Yes there are tons of dipped Barber Proof Quarters out there. This was as original as I could find...almost flawless surfaces. The image doesn't show off the intensity of the teal blue toning on the upper obverse, and the deep gold/copper like toning around the date. The reverse fields have a pink hue, and the rims are teal blue with deep gold toning. The cameo contrast oozes thru all the colors and its really a breathtaking coin.
I wish I knew how to get pictures posted... my posts would be at least attractive... you know what they say: "...a picture is worth a thousand words...".
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
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If anyone knows the coin and where I can obtain it, please PM so we can discuss.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242