Anyone know where I can get a1901S Barber Quarter for the "fair" price?

Rampage

There is such a huge jump between grades, so I am at the bottom of the barrel on this one. Looking for an AG to G.

It is the only coin I need for the Barber Dansco.

Thanks.

ProofCents

Try local coins shows

thisnamztaken

This one has issues, but has good detail beneath the cuts and dings, and is under $600, albeit with 6 days still left on the auction (which is not mine btw).

DennisH

Up to $710 now.

cameron12x

Up to $1,000 now... (sorry).

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savoyspecial

i can appreciate that someone provided a link to an Ebay auction, but this is one coin i would NEVER buy raw on Ebay......please consider this advice

BillJones

If you can make it to a major show, like FUN, that would be my recommendation. The way things are today, finding any 1901-S quarter at a local show would be really tough. When I’ve been after a hard to find coin or a group of coins, I’d work the entire floor to (sometimes 500 + tables) to find what I wanted.

I’d also think about certification. With the Chinese out there making anything you want, I could see them knocking out some 1901-S quarters and giving them the rock tumbler treatment. Note the thread by another board member who purchased some well worn counterfeit Peace dollars recently.

yellowjacket

NortheastNumismatics.com has a 1901-S Barber Quarter NGC Fair2. Looks like an original, well-worn piece at $2100. Make an offer.

Garrow

rld14

If I may...

I would personally save up and wait for at least a solid VG example. Even if it means you wait a year or two. I'm starting on the quarters in VF-XF and I plan to buy the big 3 in at least VF35, ideally XF. I don't plan on buying them next week

Ahrensdad

<< <i>If I may...

I would personally save up and wait for at least a solid VG example. Even if it means you wait a year or two. I'm starting on the quarters in VF-XF and I plan to buy the big 3 in at least VF35, ideally XF. I don't plan on buying them next week >>



Something else to consider. Develop a good relationship with a dealer and talk to them about extended layaway terms. They won't do this for just anyone and you may end of paying a little more, but chances are you'll really get what you're looking for. For example (I'm a small time dealer) I have a customer that needed a 94, 89CC, and 93-S to complete his Morgan dollar collection. Any of these on there own were too much for him to purchase at one time. We agreed to extended payment terms on the individual pieces. When he was done paying for one, I found the next one and so on. During the next six months he will be making the last payments on the last coin and is tickled pink. I'm tickled to, not just because I made money, but because I helped him finish a set he thought would never be complete.

Andrew

Rampage

Thank you all for the tips. Let me go through some of them...

We do not have local shows here. Rinky dink town in the Florida panhandle. FUN is next January, so I will have to wait till then for a major show.

As for the coin linked in the auction, this is not a coin I would be willing to purchase raw. I appreciate the thought though. I am surprised fairtraderz did not send that coin in to get slabbed, even if only a gennie slab. I bet they would get more money for it that way.

More than likely, I will save up for one with more detail as rld14 suggested.

Thanks again guys...

Steve27

I would check ebay over a long period of time, and look for a coin in an ANACS holder. That's how I ended up buying a low end 16-D Merc for a good price.

Broadstruck

China!

abitofthisabitofthat

Larry Whitlow, LTD has a PCGS G4 listed at $5,250, which seems a fair price as a starting point. It seems quite a respectable coin for the grade, offered by a very solid firm. Mike Printz, at Larry Whitlow, is a good guy to work with as well.

Linky

johnny54321

WOW! That is a very strong G-4 from Larry! Most of these that I have seen have incomplete reverse rims.

yellowjacket

Larry Whitlow at whitlowltd.com has a 1901-S PCGS G4 for $5250. Mike Printz has a great touch with coin photography. Both Northeastnumismatics and Larry Whitlow are excellent companies to deal with.

Garrow