More beautiful Barber quarters ...

Sunnywood · November 29, 2006 9:21AM

I just looooove these new additions to my hoard of Barber quarters. The awesomely colorful 1895 PCGS MS66 did not make it into my Primary Set of MS Barber quarters (yes, my other 1895 is even better !!), but you can see it in the context of my P-mint date set. Check out both sets - there are about (80) or (90) nice True View images between the two sets.

Incidentally, the P-mint date set is a neat story, because PCGS lists Eliasberg's collection as the #1 all-time finest collection of circulation strike Barber quarters. Only one problem - Eliasberg did not own any circulation strikes for all the P-mint issues 1892 through 1915, because he collected the proofs instead. In those days, proofs were considered to be the same issue as business strikes, only "better." The only P-mint MS coin he owned was the 1916, as that was the only year in which proofs were not struck. So it is a bit questionable to call his set the #1 All-Time Finest Set, when he was missing 24 of the required coins !!! To poke fun at this, I am displaying all my P-mints in a date set - all the coins Eliasberg was missing. And for the 1916-P, I just happen to have the Eliasberg specimen to include in this date set ...

Anyway here are some cool BQ's: the awesome 1895 PCGS MS66 now featured in my sig line, and the Eliasberg 1916 PCGS MS66, 1893-O PCGS MS66, and a nice 1898 PCGS MS66:

Enjoy !!

Best,
Sunnywood

NumisOxide · November 29, 2006 9:25AM

Beautiful Barbers man!

RYK · November 29, 2006 9:28AM

As always, lovely coins, Sunnywood. Interesting note about the Eliasberg, collection, too. My favorite of the four is the 1898.

tradedollarnut · November 29, 2006 9:28AM

That 1898 is junk .... you should sell it to me!

Sunnywood · November 29, 2006 9:33AM

Thanks JP and RYK ...

TDN, I have a lot of similar junk in my duplicates box of Barber quarters !! As soon as PCGS fixes a glitch in V2, I will put up a second set of BQ's with all the duplicates, imaged for your perusal !! Just to tease you with, that is ... I might have to refuse to part with any !!

LOL ...

Sunnywood

Higashiyama · November 29, 2006 9:51AM

Wow, those are amazing, at least as nice as the single example in my type set -- you're a true maniac!

dizzyfoxx · November 29, 2006 10:32AM

Very

to say the least!

Sunnywood · November 29, 2006 11:37AM

Maniac - Definitely !!!!

MFH · November 29, 2006 11:37AM

Once again, Sunnywood has posted some beautiful coins.

I'm looking forward to see your duplicate set as well.

GoldenEyeNumismatics · November 29, 2006 11:44AM

gorgeous!

MikeInFL · November 29, 2006 11:54AM

Great coins Sunny!....Mike

Barberman55 · November 29, 2006 12:14PM

Sunnywood,

As usual, a beautiful group of Barber's.......thanks for sharing with us.

morganbarber · November 29, 2006 12:32PM

Unbelievable, Fantastic coins! The '93-O and the '98 are on par with some of the nicest coins I have seen, even in images. The '16 does not measure up. The '95 came dangerously close to forcing me to pee myself.

originalisbest · November 29, 2006 12:44PM

Ridiculously beautiful. Gem Barber Quarters are my personal fave of the Barber silver trio to look at in gem. But to call these mere gems seems somewhat insulting.

Sunnywood · November 29, 2006 1:04PM

Thanks folks !! I agree the 1916 does not measure up, but I bought it because of the interesting fact noted above, that it was the only P-mint business strike in the Eliasberg collection. You would probably like my other 1916 better, a PCGS MS67 with color that appears in my primary set.

Just for all the nice comments, here are a few more of the recent additions: 1892-O PCGS MS66, 1899 PCGS MS66, 1908-O PCGS MS66 ...

Best,
Sunnywood

DickyBetz · November 29, 2006 1:25PM

I LOVE YOUR COINS!!!!!

SkyMan · November 29, 2006 1:54PM

WOWSERS Doug!!!

They are gorgeous. The '98 really floats my boat.

ElmerFusterpuck · November 29, 2006 2:28PM

Holy %$^& Batman! Those are some fine coins!

lordmarcovan · November 29, 2006 2:39PM

Boy, that 1898 is a beaut.

oldcameoproofsguy · November 29, 2006 3:44PM

I agree the 1898 is very special!

STONE · November 29, 2006 9:00PM

Awesome coins there Sunnywood.

The 1895 of course is spectacular, but my favorite is the 1898.

bidask · November 29, 2006 9:22PM

wowee zowee!

TwoSides2aCoin · November 29, 2006 9:56PM

the hardest part of participating in the forum is obeying that one commandment that says :

thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

I'm a miserable failure when it comes to that one

Sunnywood · November 30, 2006 1:01AM

Thanks to all, glad you like them. I'm happy the 1898 is so popular !! I bought it in an NGC MS66 holder, and as usual gave it to PCGS to "cross at any grade." Well, they put it in a PCGS MS65 holder. I have had a few other downgrades that I did agree with ... but not that one. Recently when I sent it in for photography, I also asked for a regrade on that coin, believing it to be an MS66. This time, PCGS agreed, and now it is PCGS MS66.

As some of you have seen before, I have a couple of other BQ's that are similar to the 1898, but blow even that coin away. These are two of the stars of my BQ collection.

Posted first below, there is the 1895 PCGS MS67 that kept the beautiful MS66 posted above out of my main set ...

Posted second below, there is my 1892 Type II PCGS MS66 which has been posted here before, and the photo was called a "glam shot" .... but the coin REALLY looks like this ... inexplicably graded MS66 by PCGS, I just can't understand that (having examined almost EVERY PCGS MS66 and MS67 up at auction for the last 4-5 years, this coin has to be an MS67 by PCGS's own standards) ...

Here are they, one more time, taking an encore bow:

MacCrimmon · November 30, 2006 1:20AM

Sunnywood, these BQs qualify for at least the November Image Post award.......Now that I've seen that 1892 concentrating at work today will be very difficult.....