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1898 Barber Quarter - Error Strike - Opinions please:

MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭
I found this 1898 Barber Quarter on Heritage's web site for the FUN auction.

Aside from the astounding presence of this coin, does anyone have the slightest
idea of what a coin like this would fetch at auction ?

Not looking for specifics, just a general range of where you feel that this coin
would sell for...[ ie: 5-7K, 7-9K, 9-11K ]

Thanks. I have a number of 1898 coins in a set under the name of Ellen Gorman Hayes
[ my Grandmother ] and thought this would be a terrific addition.

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Mike Hayes
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  • Mike,

    That's a wild looking Barber quarter. Considering how rare ANY Barber error strikes are, I would guess in the 5 K range and up.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Much More
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • Fred,

    Much more than the 5 K I said, or much more than the top end of 9 - 11 K that Mike guessed at?
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Much, much more than the top end figure
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bet it sells for $25k-$30k. Very high on the coolness scale.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • ByersByers Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good guess, Sean. I sold this Barber 25c Cap to the dealer who consigned it to Heritage. Maybe some of you remember it in my web site inventory. I don't know what it will be reserved at in the Heritage sale. I bought it for $22,500. at the 2003 Central States show and immediately turned down $25,000. I recently sold it to the dealer who consigned it to Heritage. It's a spectacular mint error. This is a unique die cap in the Barber Quarter series. An Indian Cent Die Cap recently sold in Heritage for over 50k. Last week I just sold a Barber Dime Die Cap for $30,000. I wouldn't be surprised if this one sold for $35,000 plus.
    mikebyers.com Dealer in Major Mint Errors, Die Trials & Patterns - Author of NLG Best World Coin Book World's Greatest Mint Errors - Publisher & Editor of minterrornews.com.
  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,148 ✭✭✭✭
    Cool coin image
    Collection under construction: VG Barber Quarters & Halves


  • << <i>Good guess, Sean. I sold this Barber 25c Cap to the dealer who consigned it to Heritage. Maybe some of you remember it in my web site inventory. I don't know what it will be reserved at in the Heritage sale. I bought it for $22,500. at the 2003 Central States show and immediately turned down $25,000. I recently sold it to the dealer who consigned it to Heritage. It's a spectacular mint error. This is a unique die cap in the Barber Quarter series. An Indian Cent Die Cap recently sold in Heritage for over 50k. Last week I just sold a Barber Dime Die Cap for $30,000. I wouldn't be surprised if this one sold for $35,000 plus. >>




    So I'm only off by $30,000........thank God I'm not collecting Barber error coins.
  • USCGCraigUSCGCraig Posts: 1,008 ✭✭
    Me too. I was considering getting the 3 Barber Half Patterns but thought I would have a tough time wrestling them from the Mint. As for Barber Half errors, I've seen them go for stupid money. Talk about rare.

    BTW, very cool error Mike.
    Coast Guard Craig

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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Thanks Mike & Fred for your insights. I really like the coin but its out of the question in the mid to high 20K's. I wish...

    Good guess, Sean. Boy, was I off base.

    I actually thought that if it were in the 11K range I might get lucky !

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    Mike Hayes
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !

    New Barber Purchases
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>As for Barber Half errors, I've seen them go for stupid money. Talk about rare. . >>




    Tell me about it. Off-centers of both the quarter and half show up once in a blue moon and go for blue moon money. All I want is one stinking clip for the type, but I've never even seen one offered in almost ten years. In that same time I've seen exactly one Barber quarter clip, in Fred Weinberg's inventory, and I think it was an 1893-S in low mint state, so I was priced out even without the error.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Anyone else see the 1895-O Dime - Obverse Die Cap - also on Heritage's upcoming Platinum Night #1 sale ?

    The only Barber error I ever handled - [ 10-12 years ago ] - was an 1897-S half in an ANACS AU 55 holder - which was a Broad-strike. I was very new to collecting better graded halves then, and I inquired about the desirability of this coin with a favorite dealer - who informed me that there was little or no interest [ therefore, no additional value ] in this coin. So, I sent it back to the company who had sent it to me. One of the biggest mistakes I ever made - in my opinion at this moment - in collecting Barber halves.

    I came upon this Broad-struck half dollar again a few months later in a dealer's showcase at a local coin show in Ft Myers, Florida [ not the company who originally sent it to me ] and this dealer wanted twice what I originally paid for the coin. Oh well. I think I should have bought it again anyway, even for twice the price I originally paid !!!
    Mike Hayes
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !

    New Barber Purchases
  • ByersByers Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mike Hayes- the 1895 O MS 64 PCGS Obv Die Cap that is in Heritage was mine as well. I sold it to the same dealer as the Quarter cap. It's a very rare date in high grade and is a spectacular deep die cap.
    mikebyers.com Dealer in Major Mint Errors, Die Trials & Patterns - Author of NLG Best World Coin Book World's Greatest Mint Errors - Publisher & Editor of minterrornews.com.
  • ByersByers Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Speaking of Barber die caps, here's the only known set of Obv and Rev die caps from the New Orleans Mint and certified by PCGS:

    Link to die caps
    mikebyers.com Dealer in Major Mint Errors, Die Trials & Patterns - Author of NLG Best World Coin Book World's Greatest Mint Errors - Publisher & Editor of minterrornews.com.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>As for Barber Half errors, I've seen them go for stupid money. Talk about rare. . >>




    Tell me about it. Off-centers of both the quarter and half show up once in a blue moon and go for blue moon money. All I want is one stinking clip for the type, but I've never even seen one offered in almost ten years. >>




    Heritage just answered my plea... sort of. The first Barber half clip I've ever seen (a tiny one, granted) is in one of their FUN auctions, but it's a 1913-S in PCGS 64. So just like the lone Barber quarter clip, it's a little out of my price league even without the error. I guess I need to amend my earlier plea to read "All I want is one stinking circulated clip for the type."


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The unique full brockage Barber half dollar with the reverse image is still available, and I see that the owner, Mike Byers has posted on this board. He would be an excellent source for a good estimate (edited...I just read Mike Byers estimate of 35K after I posted this). The coin is spectacular with great eye appeal and rarity factor for such a strikingly cool error.

    I doubt that the coin fetches more than 20K, but of course it is just my opinion based on nothing more than some insight derived from a serious caffeine buzz from my triple latte that I am now drinking.

    15-18K

    Tyler

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