Mike, The OGH '06-S is simply outstanding! Worth the extra mula IMO (it is a little steep, I agree). Best I have seen in 58 CAC so far for that date and mint. Will have to wait and see better detailed pictures on your new acquisition but I would have my doubts it is an improvement.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Thanks, Tim. I agree, the original 06-S Dime in 58 - which CAC 'd when I first sold it thru
Heritage - is what I used to call an AU 64. It's all there, just a really nice coin. I bought it
back on a Great Collections auction ( and who says they don't get much play on their auctions ?)
The Dime images that I am missing will eventually be posted. The new 06-S still needs to go
to CAC - and I have a couple there now - and a nice AU 64 Dime is at PCGS "economy" grading.
I am sending " MessyDesk" fifty two newer V Nickels to image. My YN friend is just to busy to deal with very much... and I hate to beg for my images.... Valente151 has done a wonderful job in the past, but his life as a Pre-Med student is occupying all his time now.
I'll post what I get as soon as I receive these images - a couple of weeks - my best guesstimate !
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Been occupied at Central States the past 3 days. Not the best show for material IMO, but lots of fun getting together with coin friends and acquaintances. (Tim, missed seeing you there. Jim, sorry you had other plans, the Wednesday night meal was worth the trip). Didn't see a barber that clicked my trigger, in fact only bought 1 coin (early type).
Pics for this PM, newp into Jim's No Headlight collection, PC50:
Vern l It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Last month Mike F. was kind enough to submit 15 of my Barber Halves to CAC; they returned a few weeks ago. Out of the 15 four of them passed and received a Green Bean. Here are the coins that passed:
I really didn't see a pattern in what passed; I was quite surprised many didn't.
Jeff...You're more than welcome - it was my pleasure to help you out.
Nice 1907 Dime - looks quite attractive IMHO.
The 1900-S Half I submitted has a wonderful look - and if I were to attack
yet another set of 58's, that one would be on top of my want list !
Between Heritage and Great Collections - I picked up a couple of neat additions:
1901 Nickel - PCGS 58 - Sending to CAC
1903 Nickel - PCGS PR 66 - CAC
1893-O Dime - PCGS AU 58 - CAC
1900-P Dime - PCGS AU 58 - Sending to CAC
1900-S Dime - PCGS MS 63 - { Direct Sales from Oregon Dealer } Sending to CAC
1902-O Dime - PCGS 58 - CAC
1906-S Dime - PCGS 58 - Sending to CAC
I have a number of V Nickels off to Messydesk for imaging... I've procrastinated long enough...
the above newps will get sent to CAC then to John Baumgart
Mike Hayes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
This evening, I was chatting with Glenn Holsonbake and he let me know a friend of mine [ ours ]
had passed away this past weekend. Irv Reichel - well known Barber collector - at least on the East Coast of Florida.
He just had his 67th birthday - and I sent him well wishes on Face Book. His wife has her share of medical problems and their daughter has come to Boynton Beach to take care of her.
My deepest condolences to the entire Reichel Family and their friends.
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@amwldcoin said:
Geeze Mike, that is terrible news. We did quite a bit back and forth between each other and then he went silent around a year ago. Was it expected?
No idea, Darrell.... He and I weren't all that close - and we no longer collected Halves
in AU.... He did have some amazing Quarters that I would like to look over. It's really a
darn shame .... He was a really nice guy.
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Vern- I presume it's a genuine Liberty Nickel that's been altered?
Here's a newp of mine fresh back from the grading room. I purchased the coin in an ICG MS 63 slab and submitted for crossover. It returned in a PC MS 62 holder:
Jeff, The '3' isn't right in the date to be genuine IMO. Knowing the 5 available and the ice cream specimen, the Milo g-pa specimen should be considered a fake although certainly cool. It would be a nice addition, regardless, to any Liberty nickel set.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I have seen and personally examined many more genuine 1913 V Nickels than
I have handled fakes. Interesting how the numerals on the OBV and doubled and
It looks as though a genuine 1912 was counter struck with the 1913 date. Interesting.
I don't remember seeing one of these either, Vern, in all the years the Barber Threads
have been active.
Mike Hayes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
Jeff....Nice MS Half.... Most of the 06-D's I have run across have had considerably more
toning on them, than this MS 62 example. Personally, I think this is closer to an AU 58.
But the longer I have dealt with MS 62's, most are AU 58's anyway !
Mike Hayes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
To follow-up from Jeff's beautiful '06-D Half, here are some recent grading room results from our hosts (apologies for the lame pics):
1896-P Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke about even. Purchased raw in December 2012 as a VF35 (although pushed to me to consider it XF), this specimen ended up as PCGS-graded VF35:
1902-O Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke about even. Purchased raw from a Chicago dealer in November 2015 as XF45 (and pushed to me as XF45). I think it sits well in this holder graded by PCGS as XF40:
1909-D Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke even to slightly ahead. Purchased raw from JKT two years ago in May 2015 as VF35. Our hosts agreed and graded this one at VF35:
1911-P Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke even to slightly behind. Purchased raw as XF from a Maryland coin dealer in May 2014, this quarter has been given a grade of VF35 by PCGS:
1914-P Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke about even. Purchased from Keith Williamson as XF in April 2015. It does have some light scrapes on Liberty's cheek but so so nice. When purchased, I considered it as VF35. I think it will sit well in its new PCGS-graded VF30 holder:
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A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
A very nice grouping of Barber Halves. The '02 O and '11 P look under graded to me.
Mike, the '06 D was obviously dipped at some point in time. There's a slight bit of color at the top reverse, but otherwise it looks like it came from the mint. Perhaps it will tone back a bit someday.
Guys, my maternal grandfather had a pretty cool coin collection back in the 1940s and 1950s according to his checklist. He was an Iowa farmer, but he raised St Bernards and collected/bought/sold coins to stay solvent and yes, he had an 01-S Barber quarter in Fine condition according to his checklist. He was a member of the ANA (#9695) from 1942 until his death in 1977. He kept all his "The Numismatist" magazines; I have them all. He was a great guy with a humorous side, i.e. the 1912 Liberty nickel turned into a fake 1913 Liberty nickel. I don't know where he purchased it, but I can see him chuckling about it. He also had an early 1960s(?) buy list of certain coins - his offer price for a genuine 1913 Liberty nickel was $1,500 all the way up to $3,500!! At least I give him credit for throwing an offer out there just in case someone had one!!
Vern, thanks for posting it. Something a little different every once in a while never hurts.
Milo
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What?!?! No Barber quarters in the mail today!?!? ... "heavy sigh" ...
Jeff, Vern has had that green dot on previous pictures too. I think he said at one time he has a Nikon Coolpix? He will have to confirm but I think he has had that camera for a while.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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Mike, The OGH '06-S is simply outstanding! Worth the extra mula IMO (it is a little steep, I agree). Best I have seen in 58 CAC so far for that date and mint. Will have to wait and see better detailed pictures on your new acquisition but I would have my doubts it is an improvement.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Thanks, Tim. I agree, the original 06-S Dime in 58 - which CAC 'd when I first sold it thru
Heritage - is what I used to call an AU 64. It's all there, just a really nice coin. I bought it
back on a Great Collections auction ( and who says they don't get much play on their auctions ?)
The Dime images that I am missing will eventually be posted. The new 06-S still needs to go
to CAC - and I have a couple there now - and a nice AU 64 Dime is at PCGS "economy" grading.
I am sending " MessyDesk" fifty two newer V Nickels to image. My YN friend is just to busy to deal with very much... and I hate to beg for my images.... Valente151 has done a wonderful job in the past, but his life as a Pre-Med student is occupying all his time now.
I'll post what I get as soon as I receive these images - a couple of weeks - my best guesstimate !
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
New Barber Purchases
Been occupied at Central States the past 3 days. Not the best show for material IMO, but lots of fun getting together with coin friends and acquaintances. (Tim, missed seeing you there. Jim, sorry you had other plans, the Wednesday night meal was worth the trip). Didn't see a barber that clicked my trigger, in fact only bought 1 coin (early type).
Pics for this PM, newp into Jim's No Headlight collection, PC50:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Last month Mike F. was kind enough to submit 15 of my Barber Halves to CAC; they returned a few weeks ago. Out of the 15 four of them passed and received a Green Bean. Here are the coins that passed:
I really didn't see a pattern in what passed; I was quite surprised many didn't.
Here's another Barber Dime that recently returned from the grading room, a 1907 in a PC AU 58 holder:
I already have a nice '07 AU 58, now I need to decide which to keep......
Jeff...You're more than welcome - it was my pleasure to help you out.
Nice 1907 Dime - looks quite attractive IMHO.
The 1900-S Half I submitted has a wonderful look - and if I were to attack
yet another set of 58's, that one would be on top of my want list !
Between Heritage and Great Collections - I picked up a couple of neat additions:
1901 Nickel - PCGS 58 - Sending to CAC
1903 Nickel - PCGS PR 66 - CAC
1893-O Dime - PCGS AU 58 - CAC
1900-P Dime - PCGS AU 58 - Sending to CAC
1900-S Dime - PCGS MS 63 - { Direct Sales from Oregon Dealer } Sending to CAC
1902-O Dime - PCGS 58 - CAC
1906-S Dime - PCGS 58 - Sending to CAC
I have a number of V Nickels off to Messydesk for imaging... I've procrastinated long enough...
the above newps will get sent to CAC then to John Baumgart
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Mike, you sure are picking up a lot of nice Nickels and Dimes- congrats!
Apparently - so did CAC .... It's coming back with a green football.
BTW, it's a MS 63.....
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Thanks, Jeff. Picking up nice coins is getting a lot harder than it used to !!
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Some coins have finished their grading cycle earlier today. Here is a summary:
1896-O (Formerly NGC VF35, Now PCGS VF30) Barber Quarter. Will take a moderate financial hit with this one.
1898-P (Formerly Raw and Approximately XF45, Now PCGS XF40) Barber Quarter. Slightly ahead on this one.
1903-P (Formerly Raw and Approximately XF40, Now PCGS AU50) Barber Quarter. Surprised! Almost tripled what I paid for it.
1913-P (Formerly NGC VF35, Now PCGS VF30) Barber Quarter. Slightly behind on this one.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Sedulous, my guess is that you're ahead in the PCGS plastic.
Paesan
Sad news !
This evening, I was chatting with Glenn Holsonbake and he let me know a friend of mine [ ours ]
had passed away this past weekend. Irv Reichel - well known Barber collector - at least on the East Coast of Florida.
He just had his 67th birthday - and I sent him well wishes on Face Book. His wife has her share of medical problems and their daughter has come to Boynton Beach to take care of her.
My deepest condolences to the entire Reichel Family and their friends.
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
New Barber Purchases
Mike, I'm sorry to hear of his passing.
Geeze Mike, that is terrible news.
We did quite a bit back and forth between each other and then he went silent around a year ago. Was it expected?
Didn't know Irv, condolences and prayers to the family.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Lots of nice coins posted in the past couple of days.
Jeff - Looks like our hosts are nicer to you than CAC.
Mike - Sorry to hear about Irv. Had a couple of transactions with him over the years. Always seemed like a nice guy.
Pics for this PM, newp into Milo's collection, PC55:
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Pics for this AM, tougher date newp into Paesan's Stash, PC64:
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No idea, Darrell.... He and I weren't all that close - and we no longer collected Halves
in AU.... He did have some amazing Quarters that I would like to look over. It's really a
darn shame .... He was a really nice guy.
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
New Barber Purchases
Vern... Lovely 10-D Quarter - cheeks look puffy !!
Nice pick up, Paesan !!
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
New Barber Purchases
Love everything about that '10-D... nice job!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Thanks on the 10-D. I've actually had it for a long time and I asked Vern to take some pix because I wanted to list it, so it's out there!
Paesan
RIP Irv. I always enjoyed working with you.
Paesan - very sweet 10-D in 64.
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What?!?! No Barber quarters in the mail today!?!? ... "heavy sigh" ...
Pics for this AM, in all the years of the Barber Mega-Thread(s), this is probably the first one of these posted, from Milo's grandfather:
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Vern- I presume it's a genuine Liberty Nickel that's been altered?
Here's a newp of mine fresh back from the grading room. I purchased the coin in an ICG MS 63 slab and submitted for crossover. It returned in a PC MS 62 holder:
It looks fairly graded to me.
Jeff, The '3' isn't right in the date to be genuine IMO. Knowing the 5 available and the ice cream specimen, the Milo g-pa specimen should be considered a fake although certainly cool. It would be a nice addition, regardless, to any Liberty nickel set.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I have seen and personally examined many more genuine 1913 V Nickels than
I have handled fakes. Interesting how the numerals on the OBV and doubled and
It looks as though a genuine 1912 was counter struck with the 1913 date. Interesting.
I don't remember seeing one of these either, Vern, in all the years the Barber Threads
have been active.
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
New Barber Purchases
Jeff....Nice MS Half.... Most of the 06-D's I have run across have had considerably more
toning on them, than this MS 62 example. Personally, I think this is closer to an AU 58.
But the longer I have dealt with MS 62's, most are AU 58's anyway !
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
New Barber Purchases
To follow-up from Jeff's beautiful '06-D Half, here are some recent grading room results from our hosts (apologies for the lame pics):
1896-P Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke about even. Purchased raw in December 2012 as a VF35 (although pushed to me to consider it XF), this specimen ended up as PCGS-graded VF35:
1902-O Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke about even. Purchased raw from a Chicago dealer in November 2015 as XF45 (and pushed to me as XF45). I think it sits well in this holder graded by PCGS as XF40:
1909-D Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke even to slightly ahead. Purchased raw from JKT two years ago in May 2015 as VF35. Our hosts agreed and graded this one at VF35:
1911-P Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke even to slightly behind. Purchased raw as XF from a Maryland coin dealer in May 2014, this quarter has been given a grade of VF35 by PCGS:
1914-P Barber Quarter. Financials: Broke about even. Purchased from Keith Williamson as XF in April 2015. It does have some light scrapes on Liberty's cheek but so so nice. When purchased, I considered it as VF35. I think it will sit well in its new PCGS-graded VF30 holder:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Tim-
A very nice grouping of Barber Halves. The '02 O and '11 P look under graded to me.
Mike, the '06 D was obviously dipped at some point in time. There's a slight bit of color at the top reverse, but otherwise it looks like it came from the mint. Perhaps it will tone back a bit someday.
Halves on the brain Jeff?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Yep. I guess I see a Barber and assume Half- it's in my DNA.
Regardless of whether or not they're Halves or Quartrs, the 02-O and the 11-P
are undergraded by a long shot. I grade them a min. of XF 45.
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Mike, I can live with the '02-O in XF40 but I may re-submit th '11-P if it is financially feasible to do so.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Guys, my maternal grandfather had a pretty cool coin collection back in the 1940s and 1950s according to his checklist. He was an Iowa farmer, but he raised St Bernards and collected/bought/sold coins to stay solvent and yes, he had an 01-S Barber quarter in Fine condition according to his checklist. He was a member of the ANA (#9695) from 1942 until his death in 1977. He kept all his "The Numismatist" magazines; I have them all. He was a great guy with a humorous side, i.e. the 1912 Liberty nickel turned into a fake 1913 Liberty nickel. I don't know where he purchased it, but I can see him chuckling about it. He also had an early 1960s(?) buy list of certain coins - his offer price for a genuine 1913 Liberty nickel was $1,500 all the way up to $3,500!! At least I give him credit for throwing an offer out there just in case someone had one!!
Vern, thanks for posting it. Something a little different every once in a while never hurts.
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What?!?! No Barber quarters in the mail today!?!? ... "heavy sigh" ...
I posted this one in another thread, but I am really looking forward to it being in our hosts holder instead (presently on lay-a-way);
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Jeff - Nice cross on your 06-D.
Tim - Looks like our hosts were reasonable on your qtrs.
Milo - I imagine your grandfather was quite a guy, who enjoyed the hobby.
oih8 - That's a beauty.
Pics for this PM, newp into Jim's No Headlights collection, PC53:
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I would appreciate all your eyes watching for these coins which were stolen form the delivering Post Office. Here is a link:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/980794/registered-package-apparently-stolen-from-baltimore-po-zip-21210-pictures-of-coins/p1?new=1
Darrell
Hope you get made whole by the PO. I will keep an eye out. Good luck!!!
Jim
Thanks,Jim
Darrell - Up in my neck of the woods, I've found the USPS to be very cooperative and helpful. Hopefully your pkg will turn up.
Pics for this PM, a Paesan selection I just did pics of. Looks like it has a shot at a plus to me, currently PC58:
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Its got to be frustrating. Will keep an eye open. Keep the faith, Darrell.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Lenny, Vern... sweet '98. Immaculate surface quality and luster!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Make that 1893 - and I agree, it's a wonderful coin !!
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Bad eyes, better date. Thanks for catching my error Mike!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
That '93 is a sweet coin; is the green dot on the cheek on the coin or from the camera?
Jeff, Vern has had that green dot on previous pictures too. I think he said at one time he has a Nikon Coolpix? He will have to confirm but I think he has had that camera for a while.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
The green dot is in the camera - I've seen quite a few like that.
Not to concern yourself, Tim. I have four pair of reading glasses,
and I use all of them just reading the Forums.....
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Mike, Do you have sunglasses for the headlights?
Jeff - The green dot comes from my old camera. Someday I'll have to get a new one.
Pics for this PM, Mike won't need sunglasses for this one, a non-headlight newp into Milo's collection, PC55:
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