** Grade Revealed **: 1892 Toned Barber Quarter -- ** PCGS AU-58 **

Stuart

Welcome to my latest installment of Guess the Grade. I am introducing a very pretty toned 1892 Barber Quarter that I purchased today at a local coin shop.

I invite you to please guess the grade, and also encourage you to post your comments and observations about the coin's eye appeal to keep this thread active and interesting. Please refer to the Higher Resolution Photo links provided for better quality images.

Here's a chance for all of you Barber Coin Lovers to participate in one of my less common (Non-Morgan Dollar) coins threads.

Thanks in advance for your participation!

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Barberman55

Very nice eye appeal......love the toning. Looks like a very small amount of rub on the upper right corner of the shield and a slight dullness on the eagle's head (who know's, maybe from a slightly weak strike). I give the coin an AU-58, with outstanding luster.

jayboxx

MS61 obverse, MS65 Reverse, MS61 w/ possible bump to 62 for color.

RickMilauskas

Beautiful coin...nice color and toning.

As much as I was hoping to say it was uncirculated I can't.

Gotta go with AU58 due to what appears to be rub on the obverse.

Real nice coin. I would have bought it too!

SamByrd

average srtike, super nice color, old album toners are very desirable. My guess is ms62 but worth 63 dollors due to the eye appeal.

darktone

AU58- too much rub for MS. Nice looking coin- I like it.

StrikeOutXXX

I really like it, does the toning get stronger as you rotate it a few degrees?

I wish I could find one with your details, with the deeper blue toning like the one from my 1892 thread I bought yesterday, but in my price range

dizzyfoxx

She's quite purty!

TommyType

I was on the fence....

Looks like a technical 58, but could be one of those that gets the bump to 62 for appeal. I voted 62.

Stuart

<< ...does the toning get stronger as you rotate it a few degrees? >>

StrikeOutXXX: In reply to your question, no the toning does not get stronger as I rotate the coin in the light, however it does have really pretty cartwheel luster that shows up very well as the coin is rotated in the light.

The toning is also more pronounced on the obverse than it is on the reverse.

Stuart

Thanks to the 30 people who have voted so far in my poll, and the 8 of you who have taken the time to also post your comments about this pretty new 1892 Toned Barber Quarter that I picked up today.

The poll results are quite interesting so far, and will be fun to review and evaluate when I announce the grade on Sunday.

Without giving too much away at this early stage of voting, I will say that the results so far support some of my own coin purchasing and collecting beliefs and practices...

Remember that you have to vote in the poll to see the interim poll results...

AlixTCat

I voted MS65, but after reading the comments, I think I am quite off. I don't have much experience with grading other than the "Guess the Grade" posts on this board. I keep learning though. I guess the coin could not be MS if it has any wear at all as the definition of MS is "Mint State" and, of course, with any rub the coin can't be MS.
So, I'll revise my grade to AU58, bordering on MS60, if there is such a grade as that.

Thanks for showing this gorgeous coin! I really appreciate seeing an older coin that is not all worn down to Good. I understand people buy what they can afford, but a Good coin has never rocked my boat the way this one does.

Jonathan

IlikeZARcoins

I was thinking MS63 but settled for 62.

MORGANHUNTER2

I think I have seen this coin before........

Longacre

62

relayer

Looks like one of those AU58/MS62 coins.

I voted AU58

GoldenEyeNumismatics

Ms61 or AU58

I cant tell from the pictures---I like the toning though.

TheRaven

I like the toning on this coin and I pick AU-58 for the grade.....

Very nice pickup

cladking

<< <i>Very nice eye appeal......love the toning. Looks like a very small amount of rub on the upper right corner of the shield and a slight dullness on the eagle's head (who know's, maybe from a slightly weak strike). I give the coin an AU-58, with outstanding luster. >>



This is the way I see it as well and think I see a little rub on the obverse as well.

It's a beautiful coin though and a nice gem otherwise. I suspect the rub is so slight
as to be overlooked and the coin graded MS-63.

It probably survived all these years in only a very few collections and just picked up
too much travel over the years.

Stuart

We're up to 50 votes so far in this Guess the Grade poll, and the results are still following the same pattern that I observed earlier tonight.

Please keep the votes and comment posts rolling in!!

Stuart

For the Sunday morning crowd...

Stuart

With 57 votes cast, the discerning forum members have created this very interesting distribution that ~70% graded this coin either AU-58, MS-62 or MS-63. The coin is graded PCGS AU-58.

This supports my personal feeling that many AU-58's have very high eye appeal of Choice Uncirculated MS-62 to MS-63 graded coins, and have just a bit of technical rub to disqualify them from mint state grades.

MS-65 or Higher :-) 2 (votes) 3.51 (%) MS-64 3 (votes) 5.26 (%) MS-63 14 (votes) 24.56 (%) MS-62 12 (votes) 21.05 (%) MS-61 3 (votes) 5.26 (%) MS-60 1 (votes) 1.75 (%) AU-58 13 (votes) 22.81 (%) AU-55 4 (votes) 7.02 (%) AU-53 1 (votes) 1.75 (%) AU-50 or Lower :-( 4 (votes) 7.02 (%)

Thanks very much to the 57 forum members who voted in this poll, and also for those who also took the time to post your comments and observations about my pretty 1892 Barber Quarter!!

(PS: Would the 5 of you who graded this coin MS-64 or MS-65 please send me PM's for a silent auction to sell her to the highest bidder!! -- Just Kidding -- I Think)...

SamByrd

this coin is a prime example of buy the coin not the holder, many ms63's are not as desirable as the posted coin.

Stuart

<< this coin is a prime example of buy the coin not the holder, many ms63's are not as desirable as the posted coin. >>

Sam: Thanks for your above quoted post. I agree totally with your comment, however I might do a bit of rewording to it as follows:
"This coin is a prime example of buy the high eye-appealing mint state-appearing coin, at the AU market price justified by the AU grade on the holder..."

mozin

Stuart,

Thanks for running a very interesting thread. Of course it was most interesting to me because I guessed the grade correctly.

Stuart

<< Thanks for running a very interesting thread. >>

Mozin: In reply to your above comment, you are most welcome!! I thought that it was a fun thread with very interesting voting results.
By the way, congratulations to you for having correctly guessed the grade!

cladking

ttt

I missed it perhaps a few others did as well.

This grade just highlights the fact that you can find truly superb coins for great prices. The rub is probably just a little too obvious in hand to let it go mint state. But it's still a great coin that was well-cared for almost its entire life.

Stuart

Thanks for your post and comments CladKing!!