I have been very busy the past month or two. Glad to see everyone is doing well adding selections to their collections. Nice pictures and dialog I am seeing as I am catching up on the thread here a bit.
Recently, I have received back a mailing from our hosts of which I will post a few of the graded Barber returns. Desiring to help our BMG friend Jon, here is one that is spoken for to add to the @DIMEMAN collection... it is my fault, not his, that this isn't in his possession yet. This 1908-P dime I swiped from a dealer in Chicago after I noticed it had a weird-looking RPD. This was confirmed by our hosts as a FS-10-1908-303 with a URS-5 (9-16 known per the Cherrypicker's Guide 5th Edition) and is now in a PC50 holder. I love the look which includes some nice toning highlights. If you check-out PCGS's site, there is one listed (this coin) at the 50 slot -pretty cool:
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Jim - Happy, yes. A couple of the other results were confounding. Too bad our hosts don't provide some explanation for their results. It'd be worth an extra fee. (That ought to get somebody's attention).
Pics for this PM, another just returned from the house, PC55:
Vern l It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
I'm in New Orleans on business for a few days. I parked in a garage today that only took cash; my change was $.50- paid in dimes. Being in New Orleans I got excited about finding a Barber with an "O" on the back. No such luck- I guess someone already cleaned them out......
I'm hoping to have a chance to visit the Old Mint tomorrow morning before flying home tomorrow afternoon. This time I brought a better camera!
@JeffMTampa said:
I'm in New Orleans on business for a few days. I parked in a garage today that only took cash; my change was $.50- paid in dimes. Being in New Orleans I got excited about finding a Barber with an "O" on the back. No such luck- I guess someone already cleaned them out......
I'm hoping to have a chance to visit the Old Mint tomorrow morning before flying home tomorrow afternoon. This time I brought a better camera!
Would it be worth a shot to speak with the curator to get the sets out off of display for improved close-ups? At least for that '97-O half for goodness sake!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Newp. Previous owner thought Choice BU or about a 63. Nice Lib Nickel 1905 with luster and shy of a c-note to boot. The three or four cheek marks are toning and not scratches FYI.
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
It's the 1908 RPD FS-303. I got this Dime from forum member sedulous....thanks man! I can use all the help I can finding these varieties. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.
@DIMEMAN said:
It's the 1908 RPD FS-303. I got this Dime from forum member sedulous....thanks man! I can use all the help I can finding these varieties. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.
I was excited for you @DIMEMAN and glad to assist. All the Best.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is another recent pick-up... an 1892-O Barber Dime. Take a look at the point of the bust in this picture. Seems it has something going on there, what do you think? ideas? Then look at the die crack on the reverse at about 4 o'clock.
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous said:
Here is another recent pick-up... an 1892-O Barber Dime. Take a look at the point of the bust in this picture. Seems it has something going on there, what do you think? ideas? Then look at the die crack on the reverse at about 4 o'clock.
Tim
obv is a die chip, I have some strange ones, including a 'van dyke' type beard
Is anyone planning to attend the Long Beach show? I'll be making the trek down there this week. It'd be great to cross paths with some other Megathread regulars. I'll even have some of my spares in tow...
A few weeks back I submitted my recently purchased 1909 S Barber Half (in a MS 64 holder) to PCGS for variety attribution. It came back last week in it's new "Inverted Mintmark" holder:
Nobody saw the smaller 'o' so I picked this up very cheaply. I finally have my first '05 Micro-o dime! Got to start somewhere and I like doing that for only a few bucks out of pocket...
T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
A few weeks back I submitted my recently purchased 1909 S Barber Half (in a MS 64 holder) to PCGS for variety attribution. It came back last week in it's new "Inverted Mintmark" holder:
The coin looks awesome Jeff variety or not!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous said:
Nobody saw the smaller 'o' so I picked this up very cheaply. I finally have my first '05 Micro-o dime! Got to start somewhere and I like doing that for only a few bucks out of pocket...
@LogPotato said:
Here is one I still have. Minted 110 years before the Capitals won the Stanley Cup. (Sorry they had to go through Tampa, Jeff.)
Nice '08 S Half, Justin. A tough date.
Washington was the better team this year, but we're still proud of our Lightning! Here's a coin minted 110 years before the Lightning's last Stanley Cup win:
Time to play "Guess the Grade"!!!! It's in the grading room now....
@sedulous said:
Nobody saw the smaller 'o' so I picked this up very cheaply. I finally have my first '05 Micro-o dime! Got to start somewhere and I like doing that for only a few bucks out of pocket...
T
Excellent, I have cherried 4 pieces:
an AU, 2- VG's and a G
A few weeks back I submitted my recently purchased 1909 S Barber Half (in a MS 64 holder) to PCGS for variety attribution. It came back last week in it's new "Inverted Mintmark" holder:
Great find, I was the one who 'discovered' the variety
@LogPotato said:
Here is one I still have. Minted 110 years before the Capitals won the Stanley Cup. (Sorry they had to go through Tampa, Jeff.)
Nice '08 S Half, Justin. A tough date.
Washington was the better team this year, but we're still proud of our Lightning! Here's a coin minted 110 years before the Lightning's last Stanley Cup win:
Time to play "Guess the Grade"!!!! It's in the grading room now....
Craig - Congrats on the 97-S newp. Such a tough coin.
Tim - Nice micro-O cherry.
Justin - Very glad to see the Great 8 hoist the cup. He's always been my choice over Sid the Kid.
Jeff - Ah, the "Buhlin Wall". Hard to believe that was 14 years ago. Great strike on your '94 half, I'll guess 62 to 64 depending on the day of the week, the relative humidity, or the phase of the moon.
Pics for this PM, recently back for my friend Dan, PC58:
Vern l It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Justin @LogPotato ... you seem to have quality halves at the same grade level as Vern's '09-S. It makes me curious as to what your '09-S looks like? just wonderin'... don't mean to put you on the spot... anyone else?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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Sunnywood, I love that last one!!
I have been very busy the past month or two. Glad to see everyone is doing well adding selections to their collections. Nice pictures and dialog I am seeing as I am catching up on the thread here a bit.
Recently, I have received back a mailing from our hosts of which I will post a few of the graded Barber returns. Desiring to help our BMG friend Jon, here is one that is spoken for to add to the @DIMEMAN collection... it is my fault, not his, that this isn't in his possession yet. This 1908-P dime I swiped from a dealer in Chicago after I noticed it had a weird-looking RPD. This was confirmed by our hosts as a FS-10-1908-303 with a URS-5 (9-16 known per the Cherrypicker's Guide 5th Edition) and is now in a PC50 holder. I love the look which includes some nice toning highlights. If you check-out PCGS's site, there is one listed (this coin) at the 50 slot -pretty cool:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Nice pickup!
I am anxious to get the 1908 from Tim. Shouldn't be long.
My latest, just picked up at P.O. today. Graded F-15; I've been wanting an upgrade for quite a while.
Nice circ Barber Quarter. And a great date.
Tim - Good looking dime, RPD or not.
jedm - Lot's of meat for a 15, I've seen 20's with less. Nice pick-up of toughie.
Pics for this PM, Dan's coin, just back from the house, PC-50:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
I bet Dan is happy with the results
Jim - Happy, yes. A couple of the other results were confounding. Too bad our hosts don't provide some explanation for their results. It'd be worth an extra fee. (That ought to get somebody's attention).
Pics for this PM, another just returned from the house, PC55:
l
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Vern
Understanding their reasoning would be like always knowing what your spouse is thinking. Of course that would be worth the extra fee too !!
Jim - I agree, but knowing and understanding are two different things.
l
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Very funny and very true.
Pics for this PM, one of my earlier acquired 58's:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Nice Quarter Vern!
I'm in New Orleans on business for a few days. I parked in a garage today that only took cash; my change was $.50- paid in dimes. Being in New Orleans I got excited about finding a Barber with an "O" on the back. No such luck- I guess someone already cleaned them out......
I'm hoping to have a chance to visit the Old Mint tomorrow morning before flying home tomorrow afternoon. This time I brought a better camera!
Would it be worth a shot to speak with the curator to get the sets out off of display for improved close-ups? At least for that '97-O half for goodness sake!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Newp. Previous owner thought Choice BU or about a 63. Nice Lib Nickel 1905 with luster and shy of a c-note to boot. The three or four cheek marks are toning and not scratches FYI.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Wow, do I like the look of your circ '09-O Jed, nice job.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
You got it per USPS Jon, enjoy.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Holy Smokes!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
It's the 1908 RPD FS-303. I got this Dime from forum member sedulous....thanks man! I can use all the help I can finding these varieties. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.
I was excited for you @DIMEMAN and glad to assist. All the Best.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is another recent pick-up... an 1892-O Barber Dime. Take a look at the point of the bust in this picture. Seems it has something going on there, what do you think? ideas? Then look at the die crack on the reverse at about 4 o'clock.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
obv is a die chip, I have some strange ones, including a 'van dyke' type beard
BHNC #203
Jeff - Good luck at NO mint.
Tim - Congrats on the V Nick newp. Neat die chip on the 92-O dime.
Pics for this PM, spare in Jim's No Headlights collection, PC40:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Is anyone planning to attend the Long Beach show? I'll be making the trek down there this week. It'd be great to cross paths with some other Megathread regulars. I'll even have some of my spares in tow...
Here is a 1898 with a Gotea.
Ah.... that's the proof as to what I've always thought.... these "lady Liberties" are a bit masculine looking.
scodal - No to Long Beach. Hope you find something nice.
Jon - Neat variety.
Pics for this PM, toughie hidden away in the Cleveland area, PC58:
l
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Goatee
BHNC #203
...Finally found a specimen to add to the Quarter Collection.
PC58
...And wanted to check this against the beautiful Cleveland "hidden away" specimen.
The "hidden" specimen is one, strong New Orleans puppy!
I LIKE
both of those quarters!
A few weeks back I submitted my recently purchased 1909 S Barber Half (in a MS 64 holder) to PCGS for variety attribution. It came back last week in it's new "Inverted Mintmark" holder:
Here is one I still have. Minted 110 years before the Capitals won the Stanley Cup. (Sorry they had to go through Tampa, Jeff.)
Very nice Barbers, Love that 1897!
Nobody saw the smaller 'o' so I picked this up very cheaply. I finally have my first '05 Micro-o dime! Got to start somewhere and I like doing that for only a few bucks out of pocket...
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
The coin looks awesome Jeff variety or not!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Good eye!
Nice '08 S Half, Justin. A tough date.
Washington was the better team this year, but we're still proud of our Lightning! Here's a coin minted 110 years before the Lightning's last Stanley Cup win:
Time to play "Guess the Grade"!!!! It's in the grading room now....
That's one well stuck coin. I'll say 64.
Excellent, I have cherried 4 pieces:
an AU, 2- VG's and a G
BHNC #203
Great find, I was the one who 'discovered' the variety
BHNC #203
64 WITH A PLUS..... GREAT EYE APPEAL!
Craig - Congrats on the 97-S newp. Such a tough coin.
Tim - Nice micro-O cherry.
Justin - Very glad to see the Great 8 hoist the cup. He's always been my choice over Sid the Kid.
Jeff - Ah, the "Buhlin Wall". Hard to believe that was 14 years ago. Great strike on your '94 half, I'll guess 62 to 64 depending on the day of the week, the relative humidity, or the phase of the moon.
Pics for this PM, recently back for my friend Dan, PC58:
l
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Pics for this PM, acquired raw from my friend Keith, just back from our hosts, PC35:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Nice 1909-S Half.
Wow Vern, you don't see that type of quality too often and in that grade level. Thanks for sharing the '09-S!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Justin @LogPotato ... you seem to have quality halves at the same grade level as Vern's '09-S. It makes me curious as to what your '09-S looks like? just wonderin'... don't mean to put you on the spot... anyone else?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Tim, the half dollars I have left can be seen here.
Nice group of Halves LP.
Justin, Just what I thought... a nice stash item of the '09-S.
https://caimages.collectors.com/coinimages/31779/27448359/09sobv-tile.jpg
nice halves!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.