My life story: I was purchased off Heritage in 2013 in an NGC holder. PCGS took pity on me and crossed me instead of the usual downgrade. Into The Stash I went until CAC'd last year. Then, like a fine wine, I got better over time and Paesan decided to try for an upgrade. Now, a 58+ CAC, pop 1. Toned in the holder! Amazing before and after pix taken by my Uncle Vern.
The 1902-O Barber Quarter. A nice MS63 (@paesan) Lenny! Here is my XF specimen grabbed in November 2015 from Harlan J. Berk. I confirmed my assessment of this coin from my local coin shop that this should be a 45 vs. what our hosts think as only a 40:
T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
1902 O - That's a beauty Lenny. Tim I think you're right with your assessment - here's my XF40:
Just for the heck of it - here's an F15 I kinda took a liking to as well:
This might be interesting... I learned about the quality of coin viewing by comparing my Black Diamond 0.8 Gain movie screen (and using my Panasonic PT-AE8000U 3D projector) to my cheapo 17-inch DELL computer. @jedm Jed, I hope you don't mind but I used your recently posted 1902-O Barber Quarter in XF40 for this test.
What I found is that Jed's coin was much more colorful when projected. The colors were more vibrant leveraging the movie screen projector... boy oh boy was it also cool seeing Jed's quarter obverse at such a gargantuan digital projection! Perhaps you will pick-up the difference in the following picks for what I saw.
In summary, I came to appreciate Jed's coin oh so much more when the colors popped on the movie screen. - Tim
I am now wondering if I have been missing the true joy of all of your postings in the past because I have been viewing them through my computer screen.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Very seldom are any of the pics that I post actually pics that I took. Mostly I use the sellers pics. I agree Dave Khan has very true to life pics that are just very high quality.
Hey guys, a patient brought this dime in for me to look at. He thinks its an 1892/1898 variety and claims its very rare. I cannot imagine that the mint would use the same dies 6 years apart. However, there is something going across the lower loop of the last 8 in 1898. What is it? Just a RPM for the year? Ill try to get a close up of the date, but the lighting in my office is pretty poor for images.
@erwindoc said:
Hey guys, a patient brought this dime in for me to look at. He thinks its an 1892/1898 variety and claims its very rare. I cannot imagine that the mint would use the same dies 6 years apart. However, there is something going across the lower loop of the last 8 in 1898. What is it? Just a RPM for the year? Ill try to get a close up of the date, but the lighting in my office is pretty poor for images.
Here is the note from Feigenbaum: "One repunched date and one overdate reported by Breen. In the latter, a line within the final 8 seems to have the curvature of part of a 2. Also, one die has two chips by the corn ear, evident as extra metal in that area. No. 101 - 1898-P, 98/98. Difficult to see, but most obvious inside the upper part of the 9. A common date in most grades. Slightly better than some of the later P-mints in XF and AU. Comes well struck with nice luster."
JC, You might be referring to Breen's overdate according to Feigenbaum's book "The Complete Guide to Barber Dimes". I looked in that book but don't see a confirming image there. - T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@erwindoc said:
Hey guys, a patient brought this dime in for me to look at. He thinks its an 1892/1898 variety and claims its very rare. I cannot imagine that the mint would use the same dies 6 years apart. However, there is something going across the lower loop of the last 8 in 1898. What is it? Just a RPM for the year? Ill try to get a close up of the date, but the lighting in my office is pretty poor for images.
Here is the note from Feigenbaum: "One repunched date and one overdate reported by Breen. In the latter, a line within the final 8 seems to have the curvature of part of a 2. Also, one die has two chips by the corn ear, evident as extra metal in that area. No. 101 - 1898-P, 98/98. Difficult to see, but most obvious inside the upper part of the 9. A common date in most grades. Slightly better than some of the later P-mints in XF and AU. Comes well struck with nice luster."
JC, You might be referring to Breen's overdate according to Feigenbaum's book "The Complete Guide to Barber Dimes". I looked in that book but don't see a confirming image there. - T
I just consider it another of Breen's made up 'facts'.
Found my Breen book. Here are the actual two entries for the 1898:
Says "most like" the bottom of a squiggly 2 through the lower loop of the 8.
But I would surmise that Breen really doesn't know per the way he laid out his entry.
Breen supposedly catalogued the Gilhousen collection.
C. Gilhousen info: http://www.numismaticmall.com/numismaticmall-com/gilhousen-charles-ellsworth
T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous said:
Found my Breen book. Here are the actual two entries for the 1898:
Says "most like" the bottom of a squiggly 2 through the lower loop of the 8.
But I would surmise that Breen really doesn't know per the way he laid out his entry.
Breen supposedly catalogued the Gilhousen collection.
C. Gilhousen info: http://www.numismaticmall.com/numismaticmall-com/gilhousen-charles-ellsworth
T
Guess that is where the 1898/1892 comes from then!
@paesan
Thanks for bringing out that beautiful '95-O with center MM Lenny. It reminded me of one of my '95-O ctr MM's. This one is NGC VF30. Wondering (asking really) if you all think I should try to cross it to a PC holder? it certainly has some decent features left and nice color.
T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Looks nice Tim. I have no opinion on whether you should send it in to cross it. At this point I have the same question in my mind on a few from across the street, but for now I've just let them mingle with the others- they seem to get along nicely.
I'm not a Barber collector really, but I want to say that I am impressed how Barber fans and those who knew Mr. Hayes keep this thread on the first page so often. It's a great tribute that stays current, hats off to all of you.
Here's my humble contribution
@ChangeInHistory said:
I'm not a Barber collector really, but I want to say that I am impressed how Barber fans and those who knew Mr. Hayes keep this thread on the first page so often. It's a great tribute that stays current, hats off to all of you.
Here's my humble contribution
Sweet and wholesome! the '01-O is a tougher date in the quarter series. You have a nice one there. To get an '01-O with nice color and viewing pleasantness is no small feat. I have one in VF20:
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@JeffMTampa
Jeff, With image technology improvements, your set-up, and your improved picture-taking abilities, I would agree you can definitely get a better digital image out of your 1901-O PC45.
T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@paesan said:
New pix of an old coin. PC-58 CAC. Photos courtesy Barberkeys.
Wild colors, tough date!
Check out total PCGS population for the '99-S in comparison to every other date-mint in the Barber Quarter series. You will find it is a sleeper date... the lowest! It has close to the same mintage as the '09-O but has not followed it up in price advancement. Why?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Does the eagle on this 1882 St. Julian medal look very similar to the Barber reverse starting 10 years later? was going through a book and came across this picture:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous said:
Does the eagle on this 1882 St. Julian medal look very similar to the Barber reverse starting 10 years later? was going through a book and came across this picture:
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My life story: I was purchased off Heritage in 2013 in an NGC holder. PCGS took pity on me and crossed me instead of the usual downgrade. Into The Stash I went until CAC'd last year. Then, like a fine wine, I got better over time and Paesan decided to try for an upgrade. Now, a 58+ CAC, pop 1. Toned in the holder! Amazing before and after pix taken by my Uncle Vern.
Here's a tougher Liberty Nickel, an 1885 in a PC AU58 holder:
Coin for today...in The Stash since 2009. PC-63. Pix courtesy Barberkeys.
The 1902-O Barber Quarter. A nice MS63 (@paesan) Lenny! Here is my XF specimen grabbed in November 2015 from Harlan J. Berk. I confirmed my assessment of this coin from my local coin shop that this should be a 45 vs. what our hosts think as only a 40:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
1902 O - That's a beauty Lenny. Tim I think you're right with your assessment - here's my XF40:
Just for the heck of it - here's an F15 I kinda took a liking to as well:
Purchased at Heritage last month. One of the prettier coins I have ever owned.
Ooooh that's a sweet looking dime @tennbjj !
I like the 02-O from DK. Nice coin.
PC-62 CAC from The Stash....
This might be interesting... I learned about the quality of coin viewing by comparing my Black Diamond 0.8 Gain movie screen (and using my Panasonic PT-AE8000U 3D projector) to my cheapo 17-inch DELL computer. @jedm Jed, I hope you don't mind but I used your recently posted 1902-O Barber Quarter in XF40 for this test.
What I found is that Jed's coin was much more colorful when projected. The colors were more vibrant leveraging the movie screen projector... boy oh boy was it also cool seeing Jed's quarter obverse at such a gargantuan digital projection! Perhaps you will pick-up the difference in the following picks for what I saw.
In summary, I came to appreciate Jed's coin oh so much more when the colors popped on the movie screen. - Tim
I am now wondering if I have been missing the true joy of all of your postings in the past because I have been viewing them through my computer screen.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Very seldom are any of the pics that I post actually pics that I took. Mostly I use the sellers pics. I agree Dave Khan has very true to life pics that are just very high quality.
Tim - That's pretty neat.
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
That is very cool Tim, I agree!
...1914-S thirty cents PC-58 CAC..
Both coins are incredible Lenny!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Hey guys, a patient brought this dime in for me to look at. He thinks its an 1892/1898 variety and claims its very rare. I cannot imagine that the mint would use the same dies 6 years apart. However, there is something going across the lower loop of the last 8 in 1898. What is it? Just a RPM for the year? Ill try to get a close up of the date, but the lighting in my office is pretty poor for images.
Here is the note from Feigenbaum: "One repunched date and one overdate reported by Breen. In the latter, a line within the final 8 seems to have the curvature of part of a 2. Also, one die has two chips by the corn ear, evident as extra metal in that area. No. 101 - 1898-P, 98/98. Difficult to see, but most obvious inside the upper part of the 9. A common date in most grades. Slightly better than some of the later P-mints in XF and AU. Comes well struck with nice luster."
JC, You might be referring to Breen's overdate according to Feigenbaum's book "The Complete Guide to Barber Dimes". I looked in that book but don't see a confirming image there. - T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I just consider it another of Breen's made up 'facts'.
BHNC #203
Found my Breen book. Here are the actual two entries for the 1898:
Says "most like" the bottom of a squiggly 2 through the lower loop of the 8.
But I would surmise that Breen really doesn't know per the way he laid out his entry.
Breen supposedly catalogued the Gilhousen collection.
C. Gilhousen info: http://www.numismaticmall.com/numismaticmall-com/gilhousen-charles-ellsworth
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Guess that is where the 1898/1892 comes from then!
Quarter pix for this evening....
@paesan
Thanks for bringing out that beautiful '95-O with center MM Lenny. It reminded me of one of my '95-O ctr MM's. This one is NGC VF30. Wondering (asking really) if you all think I should try to cross it to a PC holder? it certainly has some decent features left and nice color.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Looks nice Tim. I have no opinion on whether you should send it in to cross it. At this point I have the same question in my mind on a few from across the street, but for now I've just let them mingle with the others- they seem to get along nicely.
I'm not a Barber collector really, but I want to say that I am impressed how Barber fans and those who knew Mr. Hayes keep this thread on the first page so often. It's a great tribute that stays current, hats off to all of you.
Here's my humble contribution
Sweet and wholesome! the '01-O is a tougher date in the quarter series. You have a nice one there. To get an '01-O with nice color and viewing pleasantness is no small feat. I have one in VF20:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here's my contribution, a 1901 O Quarter in a XF45 holder. This one was purchased from Mike Hayes about 6 years ago:
I need to re-photograph this coin. The photos are from 2015: I'm guessing the coin shows better.
I've posted it before...but what the heck...another 01-O in 45!
Since we are doing PC45's, here is even another 1901-O that Lenny (@paesan) helped me acquire.
Provenance: Obtained from the Swede collection in June 2020.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@JeffMTampa
Jeff, With image technology improvements, your set-up, and your improved picture-taking abilities, I would agree you can definitely get a better digital image out of your 1901-O PC45.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
New pix of an old coin. PC-58 CAC. Photos courtesy Barberkeys.
Wild colors, tough date!
Check out total PCGS population for the '99-S in comparison to every other date-mint in the Barber Quarter series. You will find it is a sleeper date... the lowest! It has close to the same mintage as the '09-O but has not followed it up in price advancement. Why?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I was just thinking "I wish there was a WOW button." How can I be that lazy? WOW! Beautiful.
Amazing tone on your 99-S, Lenny.
Pics for this PM, less color and no MM, PC58:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Nice pictures Lenny (P-version) and Vern ! I love the '99-S as a date and mint... here is a PC45:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here's my '99 S in a PC AU55 holder:
This was a raw purchase last spring (eBay). Although I like the golden toning on this one I prefer the look on Lenny's coin.
A VERY Pretty example Jeff but I agree Lenny's is a bit of a dazzler
For me, I am a bit against the grain with not preferring wild toners. I actually like Jeff's coin just as much or maybe a little more. IMHO.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Thanks, guys! Here's another 95-O, PC-63 CAC. Pix courtesy Barberkeys.
Here is a recent newp for me. Was a reasonable cost... I wanted to get a closer look at those die cracks, scratch marks aside.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
There were a few purdies(mostly dimes) last night in Heritage that blew away the price guides!
Let's go from MS-63 to my latest raw good. Pix courtesy Barberkeys.
A common date PC-58.
Here's big Sister:
Here's a California cousin that circulated a bit more:
Does the eagle on this 1882 St. Julian medal look very similar to the Barber reverse starting 10 years later? was going through a book and came across this picture:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
It is very similar!
In a cartoonie sort of way.....
My new avatar. PC 58+ CAC. From The Iowa Collection in 2015.
Pix courtesy Barberkeys.
A little more of a circulated variety... a nice VF20 1904-O with great circulated look:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Lenny, That 1910 quarter certainly has the right look! The AU58+ designation will definitely help the Registry Set!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Thanks, Tim.
How about a watercolor dime tonight? PC-63 CAC. Thanks for the pix, Vern!
That's a very pretty dime, Lenny. I like your "watercolor" description. The OBV looks like Miss Liberty is caught in a watercolor rainstorm.
Here's a new arrival looking for a spot on my Quarter team- a 1905 S currently residing in an ICG AU 58 holder:
My guess is it's AU 55 material, not 58. The Gods will need to pass judgement.
The toning on this coins OBV looks like Miss Liberty is caught in a snowstorm!