I'm sorry, but I don't have an image of my 1894-P Half in PCGS 58; I do however have the image of the one in my second set, plus the one in my Dansco raw album. I also don't the image of the raw coin in my old Whitman Bookshelf album, which I grade F 12.
You can assign your own grade to the Dansco raw coin...this should be interesting...I know I'll get five or six different grades from y'all. { ...remember, I'm from Florida...}
...how'd this dime get in here ? ....
Edited to Add:
All my Half Dollar sets are now open for viewing on the PCGS Registry.
Still don't have many images - which I'll rectify by sending a group of twenty coins in for TruView images every month or so. I believe the charge to reholder - using the same serial numbers - is still $5.00 each - plus $5.00 each for the images. Correct ?
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Hi Mike - You have four - 94P's, huh? Well I guess that keeps the hoarders from getting them Anyway, I'll speculate that the raw one you posted is a VF35.
VF30/35. Really depends what side of the ebd the grader wakes up on. Does look very original however which is a big plus.
Amazing how many of these mid-grade Barbers have been messed with. I'd say out of all the series, Barber Halves appear to be the worse for cleaning etc. in mid-grades.
<< <i>Mike, I'll vote VF32.7 on the raw 94-P. Cool coin!
Dave >>
I second the 32.7 grade, Mike, and echo that looks like a very nice 'dirty ol' VF.'
Here is a 1894p referring back to Dan's link to the current ebay auction. Hard to believe this one was on ebay 2 years ago; I bowed out of the auction when a fellow collector expressed strong interest (I have the date in XF and it would have been a duplicate), but then he lost the coin. Bummer. I think it went for about $175.00. I don't know if that's an R4 or an R5 pricetag.
Don
Do your best to avoid circular arguments, as it will help you reason better, because better reasoning is often a result of avoiding circular arguments.
Thanks, Tombr - I'd hate to send in a submission without the correct funds. They'd hold up my order awaiting credit card authorization - and that submission seems to fall to the back of the line.
Looks like my bedtime reading is going to be Dave Lawrence's The Complete Guide to Barber Halves. I also forgot the 1894-P was a R4/5 in that grade. I had a problem locating a nice 1894-O that was well struck, but my ANACS 40 crossed @ PCGS as a 40; plus my AU 55 looks to be as well struck as any I have ever seen in AU. TomB sold me his VF 20 - raw - for my old Whitman album...nice coin, BTW, thanks again, TomB.
Oh, my opinion of the raw 1894-P is that its a VF 35. Too much reverse left side feather detail for a VF 30. Obverse looks VF 35 too. Regardless, its still a sweet coin. Glad to have it.
Oh, and Cary, that raw coin came from your "favorite" eBay dealer: DJF.....
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Your AU50 06-O (very nice coin btw) has more detail then my 05-P AU50. Oh, the horrors. All my 05-P's will be delivered tomorrow morning to PCGS at Baltimore.
Has anyone heard anymore on that 95-P that was pulled?
Here's some pics of the AU58 1909-P, the obverse has some superfical hairlines that the halogen lighting is picking up. The coin has no knocks or hits... guess this would be as true to the definition of a Slider as possible?
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This coin is on its way, along with a few other cross overs, to PCGS.
I won the coin in Heritage's Post Long Beach Internet Sale. Nice looking coin - no rub what so ever - but as Broadstruck knows I might need stronger glasses - as I'm always missing something or other !! I'd be just as happy with an AU 58.
EDITED: Nice 1909 Half there - would look better in my set though.....
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Both of my 1898-S halves - in the 1st & the 2nd Tier sets - contain PCGS 55's.
One was an ANACS 58 - and maybe could squeek a 58 from PCGS; the second one - and most recent purchase - was in an NGC 58 holder - and was clearly not an AU 58. Its a 55 - no more - no less.
I have my sights on a MS coin for the 1898-S - for inclusion in my 1898 Mint Set.
Dropped three 1905-P's off at Baltimore on Saturday with PCGS. I asked for Truview and economy so I am guessing it will take 20-30 days or so.
Didn't see a lot of Barbers out there as I was mainly looking at currency with my daughter.
Now, for something truly amazing. I saw Ken LArson's 1904-S PCGS AU50 Barber Half at the show. The deler picked it up 3-weeks ago from another person. Care to guess what he is asking? Can you say $9,000. This dealer knows I am into Barber Halves and offered this piece to me when I walked up for that amount. I politely told him I already have one. $9K. Are you kidding me?
Pretty sad that most of the dealers had cleared out by 3:00 on Saturday. I thought that since the show was open on Sundays the dealers would stay until closing time. That really sucked.
Beautiful 16-D quarter BTW.
Selling my house by owner. Any thoughts or comments from those who might have done this?
SP66 1892-O Half Dollar Previously Unknown and Unrecorded
1892-O 50C SP66* NGC. Unknown to Walter Breen and to our knowledge unrecorded in any reference, this is a coin that Breen would have said "carries its own credentials." In his 1977 proof reference, Breen only records an 1892-O dollar as a Branch Mint proof. There is no mention of a half dollar. However, there is more of a reason for the New Orleans Mint to have produced a specimen half dollar than a dollar. It may well be that the half dollar was produced first, and the silver dollar struck as an afterthought. The significance of the 1892-O half dollar was addressed extensively in an article by Paul M. Green in the May 2, 2006 issue of Numismatic News:
" ...the written information of the time suggests there was quite a bit of interest in the Columbian Exposition half dollars, which might have been natural as they were the first half dollar commemorative of the United States. The new dimes, quarters and half dollars for circulation were apparently not as interesting.
"There should have been some interest in the 390,000 Barber halves produced at New Orleans that year if for no other reason than the fact that half dollar production at New Orleans was unusual. The New Orleans facility had produced its last half dollar three decades earlier in 1861, when the Civil War was dividing the nation.
"The story behind the lack of New Orleans half dollar production was a simple one. After falling to state of Louisiana forces in 1861 and then being turned over to the Confederate States of America, the New Orleans facility had basically been allowed to decay. The same happened to the other Southern facilities, at Dahlonega, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C. What made New Orleans different was that it managed to come back to life, resuming U.S. coin production in the late 1870s.
"The New Orleans facility had another chance, unlike the Dahlonega and Charlotte Mints, for a couple reasons. The first was that there was some complaint in New Orleans that the deal that had given the government the land for the facility required that there be coin production. The second was that New Orleans had produced silver and gold issues, unlike Dahlonega and Charlotte which produced only gold. That entered the picture because it was becoming clear that the country had a problem with too much silver thanks to the Comstock Lode. ... The 'O' Mint was, however, basically limited to silver dollars and gold until 1892 when the facility expanded to produce the new Barber issues."
The hiatus of 31 years was reason enough to strike a specimen half dollar. A Branch Mint proof 1891-O quarter was listed in Breen's 1977 Encyclopedia, an issue that was stuck after a similar 31-year hiatus. While we do not have a record of a Branch Mint proof dime, logic would dictate that such a coin should have been struck also since none had been produced since 1860 in New Orleans. The surfaces of this piece are definitely different than any other 1892-O half dollar we have seen, and for that matter differ from any other Barber half except proofs. Brilliant throughout, the absence of color makes the finish of this piece accessible to all who view it. The fields are deep and shimmer with mirror-like intensity, once again unlike the finish on any Barber half except a proof. The devices are frosted and, in fact, a Cameo designation would not be out of line. Twelve years ago, we had the opportunity to closely examine the Branch Mint proof dollars from the Anita Maxwell Trust. One of the interesting conclusions we came to was that these pieces were definitely produced for some special purpose; however, the quality of die preparation in the various branch mints was uniformly not on par with that seen on proofs struck in the Philadelphia Mint. One difference was the presence of unfinished areas of die polish on the dollars. On this half dollar, however, the only area that we see that is not completely polished is between the leaves on the olive branch. However, a similar tightly detailed area between the arrows does show complete die polishing. Close examination of this piece shows that the fields were heavily polished. So much so, in fact, that several of the devices appear attenuated (the stars above the eagle), and others (such as the stars on each side) have a "recessed" appearance. We attribute this to heavy polishing of the dies, and a conscious effort to produce a uniformly mirror-like specimen. What is curious is the lack of high point detail. One would think after so much effort was put into die preparation, the resultant coin would be fully struck. But what is seen here is a piece that shows typical O-mint softness on the upper lip of Liberty, the right (facing) leg of the eagle and claw. If this coin was struck twice, as would be expected from a specimen, then the dies were set too far apart to achieve complete definition. Most likely, though, the piece was struck only once-perhaps the New Orleans mint personnel was unfamiliar with the practice of striking proofs twice, or striking detail was a secondary consideration to achieving a mirror-like coin. This is a rare opportunity for the collector of Branch Mint proofs. Such pieces are seldom offered for sale at public auction and always generate a great deal of excitement and interest when they are available. It is not a stretch to state that after all these years, this is likely a unique product from the New Orleans Mint.
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Nice coins everyone. I especially like the 1902-O quarter - a very scarce date to locate - and one of the last I found for my AU collection.
You'd think - that with all the time I search for AU 58 halves - I'd be the one posting that 1909-P - and not Broadstruck. Its very obvious to me now that there is some one other than myself who spends too much time on their collection. Nice 58 - Broadstruck.
I also like that 1882 medal. I've never seen it before. It is a great prologue to any Barber collection.
Considering that Ken received $6116.89 for his 1904-S Half in PCGS AU 50 - I think someone's going to have that coin in inventory for awhile unless he lowers his ask price of $9K. Look at the group of 1904-S's at JJ Teaparty, I don't think any have moved yet - and they have been in inventory for a couple of months - and gone to quite a few shows. Same story with their 1901-S quarter in VF 35.
Coming soon, Irv Reichel's Halves will be auction at Heritage. I wonder what his 1904-S half in PCGS 58 will sell for. I hope "beaucoup bucks"...as I also have an au 58 too.
I'm looking forward to seeing that 1892-O SP 66. This coin could be my new screen - saver - instead of Dale's 1898-P MS 68 Half.
So, Dave99B - fess-up : Did you buy that 1907-P NGC 58
Mike Hayes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
These are images of my 1913-S Barber quarter that are posted on the BST forums. I'm gonna miss this baby when she's gone! I thought it was only fitting to post the images here, having owned the coin for a few years and never sharing any images of it.
Description of coin: If you like original Barber's, you'll love this coin. The bottom, larger coin images, are more indicative of the true look of the coin. There are no notable marks on the coin, the obverse has a couple of minute marks....hardly worth noting. Nice underlying luster can be seen on both the obverse and reverse of the coin. This coin will make a nice highlight to someone's Barber quarter set.
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of the one in my second set, plus the one in my Dansco raw album. I also don't the image of the raw
coin in my old Whitman Bookshelf album, which I grade F 12.
You can assign your own grade to the Dansco raw coin...this should be interesting...I know I'll
get five or six different grades from y'all. { ...remember, I'm from Florida...}
...how'd this dime get in here ? ....
Edited to Add:
All my Half Dollar sets are now open for viewing on the PCGS Registry.
Still don't have many images - which I'll rectify by sending a group of
twenty coins in for TruView images every month or so. I believe the
charge to reholder - using the same serial numbers - is still $5.00 each -
plus $5.00 each for the images. Correct ?
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New Barber Purchases
Anyway, I'll speculate that the raw one you posted is a VF35.
ebay ID: 78terp
ANA # R-3143946
1899 Mint Set
I think your raw '94 is actually a VF30.
Only two guesses - surely there'll be another half dozen.
Remember the coin is raw. Its original, IMHO.
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Dave
obverse VF-30, reverse VF-35.....which means PCGS would probably grade it VF-30. Nice looking coin.
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Amazing how many of these mid-grade Barbers have been messed with. I'd say out of all the series, Barber Halves appear to be the worse for cleaning etc. in mid-grades.
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Reholder is 10.00 now plus 5.00 for Trueview. I sent PCGS a few weeks asking your same exact question.
MFH, Could NGC XF40* Star?
<< <i>Mike, I'll vote VF32.7 on the raw 94-P. Cool coin!
Dave >>
I second the 32.7 grade, Mike, and echo that looks like a very nice 'dirty ol' VF.'
Here is a 1894p referring back to Dan's link to the current ebay auction. Hard to believe this one was on ebay 2 years ago; I bowed out of the auction when a fellow collector expressed strong interest (I have the date in XF and it would have been a duplicate), but then he lost the coin. Bummer. I think it went for about $175.00. I don't know if that's an R4 or an R5 pricetag.
Don
<< <i>Mike-------I'm in the VF35 crowd on the 94.
MFH, Could NGC XF40* Star?
That got a chuckle out of me
Thanks, Tombr - I'd hate to send in a submission without
the correct funds. They'd hold up my order awaiting credit
card authorization - and that submission seems to fall to
the back of the line.
Looks like my bedtime reading is going to be Dave Lawrence's
The Complete Guide to Barber Halves. I also forgot the 1894-P
was a R4/5 in that grade. I had a problem locating a nice 1894-O that
was well struck, but my ANACS 40 crossed @ PCGS as a 40; plus
my AU 55 looks to be as well struck as any I have ever seen in AU.
TomB sold me his VF 20 - raw - for my old Whitman album...nice coin,
BTW, thanks again, TomB.
Oh, my opinion of the raw 1894-P is that its a VF 35. Too much reverse
left side feather detail for a VF 30. Obverse looks VF 35 too.
Regardless, its still a sweet coin. Glad to have it.
Oh, and Cary, that raw coin came from your "favorite" eBay dealer: DJF.....
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Here's my newest addition to the Second Half Dollar collection
Graded PCGS AU 50
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Your AU50 06-O (very nice coin btw) has more detail then my 05-P AU50. Oh, the horrors. All my 05-P's will be delivered tomorrow morning to PCGS at Baltimore.
Has anyone heard anymore on that 95-P that was pulled?
Looking for Denmark 1874 20-Kroner. Please offer.
The pictures make her look a little darker than she is ... that white plastic always messes with me ...
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
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The coin has no knocks or hits... guess this would be as true to the definition of a Slider as possible?
I won the coin in Heritage's Post Long Beach Internet Sale. Nice looking
coin - no rub what so ever - but as Broadstruck knows I might need stronger
glasses - as I'm always missing something or other !! I'd be just as happy
with an AU 58.
EDITED: Nice 1909 Half there - would look better in my set though.....
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New Barber Purchases
MFH, since I don't want to get cut out of the inheritance
Both of my 1898-S halves - in the 1st & the 2nd Tier sets - contain PCGS 55's.
One was an ANACS 58 - and maybe could squeek a 58 from PCGS; the second one - and most
recent purchase - was in an NGC 58 holder - and was clearly not an AU 58. Its a 55 - no more - no less.
I have my sights on a MS coin for the 1898-S - for inclusion in my 1898 Mint Set.
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Update: Ken Larson's three coins closed tonight:
1896-P PCGS AU 58 = $661.88
1896-O PCGS VF 35 = $ 393.00
1896-S PCGS AU 50 = $ 838.00
No surprises there. Good coins brought solid prices.
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OK so I'll post a pic...
<< <i>sorry double post... server hic-up >>
Aha! The old "server hiccup" excuse to pad one's post count. Geez, what's next? Commenting on the old "server hiccup" excuse to pad one's post count?
Oh, the humanity!
Star or not, I just love the look of that 1907-P half dollar. Nothing beats slightly dirty silver!
P.S. Has anyone else noticed this thread is going from 1,001 to 2,000 faster than it went from 1 to 1,000?
Dave
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The Maddy Rae Collection
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As it sold real fast after this thread post!
i like 'em crusty!
SpaceMonkey... Coins
I have a few crusty quarters.
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Didn't see a lot of Barbers out there as I was mainly looking at currency with my daughter.
Now, for something truly amazing. I saw Ken LArson's 1904-S PCGS AU50 Barber Half at the show. The deler picked it up 3-weeks ago from another person. Care to guess what he is asking? Can you say $9,000. This dealer knows I am into Barber Halves and offered this piece to me when I walked up for that amount. I politely told him I already have one. $9K. Are you kidding me?
Pretty sad that most of the dealers had cleared out by 3:00 on Saturday. I thought that since the show was open on Sundays the dealers would stay until closing time. That really sucked.
Beautiful 16-D quarter BTW.
Selling my house by owner. Any thoughts or comments from those who might have done this?
Looking for Denmark 1874 20-Kroner. Please offer.
A few gray hairs, but working with a good title company will make it a breeze... in the end you'll have $9K for a 1904-S PCGS AU50 Barber Half!
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Thought I'd post a quarter.
SP66 1892-O Half Dollar
Previously Unknown and Unrecorded
1892-O 50C SP66* NGC. Unknown to Walter Breen and to our knowledge unrecorded in any reference, this is a coin that Breen would have said "carries its own credentials." In his 1977 proof reference, Breen only records an 1892-O dollar as a Branch Mint proof. There is no mention of a half dollar. However, there is more of a reason for the New Orleans Mint to have produced a specimen half dollar than a dollar. It may well be that the half dollar was produced first, and the silver dollar struck as an afterthought. The significance of the 1892-O half dollar was addressed extensively in an article by Paul M. Green in the May 2, 2006 issue of Numismatic News:
" ...the written information of the time suggests there was quite a bit of interest in the Columbian Exposition half dollars, which might have been natural as they were the first half dollar commemorative of the United States. The new dimes, quarters and half dollars for circulation were apparently not as interesting.
"There should have been some interest in the 390,000 Barber halves produced at New Orleans that year if for no other reason than the fact that half dollar production at New Orleans was unusual. The New Orleans facility had produced its last half dollar three decades earlier in 1861, when the Civil War was dividing the nation.
"The story behind the lack of New Orleans half dollar production was a simple one. After falling to state of Louisiana forces in 1861 and then being turned over to the Confederate States of America, the New Orleans facility had basically been allowed to decay. The same happened to the other Southern facilities, at Dahlonega, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C. What made New Orleans different was that it managed to come back to life, resuming U.S. coin production in the late 1870s.
"The New Orleans facility had another chance, unlike the Dahlonega and Charlotte Mints, for a couple reasons. The first was that there was some complaint in New Orleans that the deal that had given the government the land for the facility required that there be coin production. The second was that New Orleans had produced silver and gold issues, unlike Dahlonega and Charlotte which produced only gold. That entered the picture because it was becoming clear that the country had a problem with too much silver thanks to the Comstock Lode. ... The 'O' Mint was, however, basically limited to silver dollars and gold until 1892 when the facility expanded to produce the new Barber issues."
The hiatus of 31 years was reason enough to strike a specimen half dollar. A Branch Mint proof 1891-O quarter was listed in Breen's 1977 Encyclopedia, an issue that was stuck after a similar 31-year hiatus. While we do not have a record of a Branch Mint proof dime, logic would dictate that such a coin should have been struck also since none had been produced since 1860 in New Orleans.
The surfaces of this piece are definitely different than any other 1892-O half dollar we have seen, and for that matter differ from any other Barber half except proofs. Brilliant throughout, the absence of color makes the finish of this piece accessible to all who view it. The fields are deep and shimmer with mirror-like intensity, once again unlike the finish on any Barber half except a proof. The devices are frosted and, in fact, a Cameo designation would not be out of line.
Twelve years ago, we had the opportunity to closely examine the Branch Mint proof dollars from the Anita Maxwell Trust. One of the interesting conclusions we came to was that these pieces were definitely produced for some special purpose; however, the quality of die preparation in the various branch mints was uniformly not on par with that seen on proofs struck in the Philadelphia Mint. One difference was the presence of unfinished areas of die polish on the dollars. On this half dollar, however, the only area that we see that is not completely polished is between the leaves on the olive branch. However, a similar tightly detailed area between the arrows does show complete die polishing. Close examination of this piece shows that the fields were heavily polished. So much so, in fact, that several of the devices appear attenuated (the stars above the eagle), and others (such as the stars on each side) have a "recessed" appearance. We attribute this to heavy polishing of the dies, and a conscious effort to produce a uniformly mirror-like specimen. What is curious is the lack of high point detail. One would think after so much effort was put into die preparation, the resultant coin would be fully struck. But what is seen here is a piece that shows typical O-mint softness on the upper lip of Liberty, the right (facing) leg of the eagle and claw. If this coin was struck twice, as would be expected from a specimen, then the dies were set too far apart to achieve complete definition. Most likely, though, the piece was struck only once-perhaps the New Orleans mint personnel was unfamiliar with the practice of striking proofs twice, or striking detail was a secondary consideration to achieving a mirror-like coin.
This is a rare opportunity for the collector of Branch Mint proofs. Such pieces are seldom offered for sale at public auction and always generate a great deal of excitement and interest when they are available. It is not a stretch to state that after all these years, this is likely a unique product from the New Orleans Mint.
You'd think - that with all the time I search for AU 58 halves - I'd be the one posting that 1909-P - and not
Broadstruck. Its very obvious to me now that there is some one other than myself who spends too much time on their collection. Nice 58 - Broadstruck.
I also like that 1882 medal. I've never seen it before. It is a great prologue to any Barber collection.
Considering that Ken received $6116.89 for his 1904-S Half in PCGS AU 50 - I think someone's
going to have that coin in inventory for awhile unless he lowers his ask price of $9K. Look at the group
of 1904-S's at JJ Teaparty, I don't think any have moved yet - and they have been in inventory for a couple of months - and gone to quite a few shows. Same story with their 1901-S quarter in VF 35.
Coming soon, Irv Reichel's Halves will be auction at Heritage. I wonder what his 1904-S half in PCGS 58
will sell for. I hope "beaucoup bucks"...as I also have an au 58 too.
I'm looking forward to seeing that 1892-O SP 66. This coin could be my new screen - saver - instead of Dale's 1898-P MS 68 Half.
So, Dave99B - fess-up : Did you buy that 1907-P NGC 58
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No, but I can't seem to take my eyes off it. Does anyone recall what DLRC was asking for it?
Dave
Dave
Stunning coin Fletcher. Looks like it came from Dale's collection. I never see them
look like that - otherwise that'd be in my 1898 Mint Set.
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$430.00
That is not a crappy coin. That is a BEAUTIFUL circulated cameo XF45 if i ever saw one and would be a coin I would strongly desire to own.
Congrats.
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Looking for Denmark 1874 20-Kroner. Please offer.
<< <i>Gecko,
That is not a crappy coin. That is a BEAUTIFUL circulated cameo XF45 if i ever saw one and would be a coin I would strongly desire to own.
Congrats. >>
Thanks for the compliment. Here is the other crappy raw Barber in my crappy collection.
These are images of my 1913-S Barber quarter that are posted on the BST forums. I'm gonna miss this baby when she's gone! I thought it was only fitting to post the images here, having owned the coin for a few years and never sharing any images of it.
Description of coin: If you like original Barber's, you'll love this coin. The bottom, larger coin images, are more indicative of the true look of the coin. There are no notable marks on the coin, the obverse has a couple of minute marks....hardly worth noting. Nice underlying luster can be seen on both the obverse and reverse of the coin. This coin will make a nice highlight to someone's Barber quarter set.
Connor Numismatics Website