@erwindoc said:
Hey guys, Im looking at this coin for my low ball album set. This coin has straight graded, but it looks like it shouldn't have. Thoughts?
My experience has been that historic "damage" is forgiven on lower grade coins.
@sedulous said:
Here is a newp purchased earlier this afternoon raw from my local midwest coin shop.
Nice pickup, Tim! I've never been to a B&M coin shop- I don't know where to even find one. My total coin purchasing experiences have been at shows or online....
Jed (@jedm) and I were talking about the 1906-O Barber Quarter. That prompted me to pull this raw coin out of my deep archive (from 2013) and image it. Being raw, I may not have ever shared this one for your viewing:
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
The "O6 O has been a sort of elusive one for me but am anxiously awaiting the arrival of one acquired from Lenny @paesan - wishing all of you a successful weekend of hunting and gathering.
Color looks a bit funky to me and there are a couple of larger than desired scratches. AU53, if it straight-grades which it probably will, but I feel slightly hesitant... would have to see it in hand.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Jeff I think that '92 was put away sometime within a year after it was minted and the toning is attractive to my eye. I do like mine with a bit more mileage on 'em but that's probably just "sour grapes" kinda thinking on my part. You have a good eye and when I see how many you post here I'm always thinking: "where does he come across all these?"
Those aren't scratches-just breaks in the toning. It's much nicer in hand, but on second look it likely is a 53. I "won" it in a eBay auction, but overpaid for it. Oh well. not the first time.
A couple recent Newps. The 05-s is from O'Connor at the ANA show....I'm thrilled with it. The 1911 quarter came from Witter, and boy they are getting very hard to find these days.
MS-67
PF-67
@jedm said:
Well Jeff to "win" we gotta overpay everyone else, right? Here's one I just received yesterday and she fits in nicely and goes along with the others:
Here's a 1910 S Half I purchased a couple of weeks ago:
It was purchased in a NGC MS 61 holder. My view it's seen a little circulation- it should be in an AU 58 holder. Now raw, it will be sent to our hosts in a few weeks for grading.
Waiting for whoever won that raw 1903s quarter in “Gem++++” on eBay last week to post if it is anything close to “perfect”, as described.
Tough coin, had me intrigued.
We're all born MS70. I'm about a Fine 15 right now.
@barberkeys Vern, I was on the Registry and noticed your 1901-S half dollar in XF. I wanted to ask about the die crack extending from the bottom of Liberty's bust through a couple of stars? Is this atypical?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Speaking of dimes … this poor NGC slab is kind of beat up, like it fell from the Space Needle, but I bought it anyway. Original dimes are starting to grow in me.
Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
@Dave99B said:
Speaking of dimes … this poor NGC slab is kind of beat up, like it fell from the Space Needle, but I bought it anyway. Original dimes are starting to grow in me.
I hear you Jason. That would be one amazing set! I saw a dime set like that about 15 years ago, at a major coin show in CA. A collector was showing his album to a dealer, and I got a good look at it. It was probably 90% complete, and all the coins were fairly dark, and they looked VF and XF. Wonderful original Barber dimes. I was blown away, as you just don’t see sets like that anymore.
Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
Vern- I believe my example is an earlier die state of the same OBV die as your coin. The cracks on my coin appear to be in the same places as those on yours, but not all of them are there and they're less pronounced on my coin. My guess is your coin was one of the last coins struck with that OBV die; it looks like it was about to shatter.
Our coins were clearly struck with different REV dies- look at the MM position.
@JeffMTampa said:
Here's a new '01 S Half pickup for me:
Vern- I believe my example is an earlier die state of the same OBV die as your coin. The cracks on my coin appear to be in the same places as those on yours, but not all of them are there and they're less pronounced on my coin. My guess is your coin was one of the last coins struck with that OBV die; it looks like it was about to shatter.
Our coins were clearly struck with different REV dies- look at the MM position.
@barberkeys@JeffMTampa Vern and Jeff... how exciting! Die Marriages in Barbers! ... a first foray and I look forward to further documenting things like this. I agree with your findings. Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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Here is a newp purchased earlier this afternoon raw from my local midwest coin shop.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Hey guys, Im looking at this coin for my low ball album set. This coin has straight graded, but it looks like it shouldn't have. Thoughts?
My experience has been that historic "damage" is forgiven on lower grade coins.
Nice pickup, Tim! I've never been to a B&M coin shop- I don't know where to even find one. My total coin purchasing experiences have been at shows or online....
Jed (@jedm) and I were talking about the 1906-O Barber Quarter. That prompted me to pull this raw coin out of my deep archive (from 2013) and image it. Being raw, I may not have ever shared this one for your viewing:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is one of my other '06-O's... this one graded PC20. Seems I may have even another one or two lower graded than these recent ones:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
The "O6 O has been a sort of elusive one for me but am anxiously awaiting the arrival of one acquired from Lenny @paesan - wishing all of you a successful weekend of hunting and gathering.
The threads dropping- time to post a CAC coin:
I purchased this one at a Heritage Auction many years ago with the bean already installed.
Another just back from our hosts, P63:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
That's a VERY tough date and a wonderful lookin example. Did you find that raw Vern?
Nice Vern. Some cool die cracks too. Congrats.
1898-P Quarter... hope everyone is doing well!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
New raw arrival came in the mail, a 1900 S Quarter:
53 to 55 material? Type I OBV paired with Type II REV. A fairly common combination.
Threads slipping. To keep things moving here's my 1896 O Half, PC AU 55:
A very tough coin to find above VF.
Here is my 1900-S PC45+
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Jeff and Jim - The 1886 V Nick belongs to someone else. I sent it in for grading.
Here's another that just came back, P62:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
This nice raw 1892 Quarter arrived in the mail today:
I think it's a very attractive coin; perhaps an AU 55?
Color looks a bit funky to me and there are a couple of larger than desired scratches. AU53, if it straight-grades which it probably will, but I feel slightly hesitant... would have to see it in hand.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Jeff I think that '92 was put away sometime within a year after it was minted and the toning is attractive to my eye. I do like mine with a bit more mileage on 'em but that's probably just "sour grapes" kinda thinking on my part. You have a good eye and when I see how many you post here I'm always thinking: "where does he come across all these?"
Those aren't scratches-just breaks in the toning. It's much nicer in hand, but on second look it likely is a 53. I "won" it in a eBay auction, but overpaid for it. Oh well. not the first time.
Well Jeff to "win" we gotta overpay everyone else, right? Here's one I just received yesterday and she fits in nicely and goes along with the others:
Thanks to Tim @sedulous
A couple recent Newps. The 05-s is from O'Connor at the ANA show....I'm thrilled with it. The 1911 quarter came from Witter, and boy they are getting very hard to find these days.
MS-67
PF-67
Both beauties!
@JeffMTampa - Love your new 1892-P. What a masterpiece!
Dave
Undergraded IMHO Jed. Should be 40.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here's a 1910 S Half I purchased a couple of weeks ago:
It was purchased in a NGC MS 61 holder. My view it's seen a little circulation- it should be in an AU 58 holder. Now raw, it will be sent to our hosts in a few weeks for grading.
Waiting for whoever won that raw 1903s quarter in “Gem++++” on eBay last week to post if it is anything close to “perfect”, as described.
Tough coin, had me intrigued.
I finished in 2nd place on that one. At least I didn't over pay!
1906-O Barber Dime in MS67 PCGS CAC sells for more than a non-CAC PC67:
CAC-Approved Certified Coins Bring Premiums in February 2022
https://coinweek.com/auctions-news/certified-coin-marketplace-cac-approved-coins-bring-premiums-in-february-2022/
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I'm not worthy of being a member of CAC. Sounds like some sort of discrimination to me.
Jeff - Your 10-S half should define what a 58+ looks like. Nice pick-up.
Pics for this AM, P64:
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Vern- will you get a job at PCGS please and grade my coin?
1902-S... to move the thread to the first page!
Dime
Quarter
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
And a 1902 S Half:
I'll play along:
@barberkeys Vern, I was on the Registry and noticed your 1901-S half dollar in XF. I wanted to ask about the die crack extending from the bottom of Liberty's bust through a couple of stars? Is this atypical?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is a neat newp. '95-S BQ in PC40. Mintmark isn't that strong as on my other specimens...
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
That is a very nice 40! Great coin.
@No Headlights Thanks Jim!
Here is another one I think I stole from Jed inadvertently due to my lack of paying attention but I had a need for it in my VF30 set.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Just picked up the key for my low grade album set!
Speaking of dimes … this poor NGC slab is kind of beat up, like it fell from the Space Needle, but I bought it anyway. Original dimes are starting to grow in me.
Dave
Id love to fill my album with coins like that!
@erwindoc
I hear you Jason. That would be one amazing set! I saw a dime set like that about 15 years ago, at a major coin show in CA. A collector was showing his album to a dealer, and I got a good look at it. It was probably 90% complete, and all the coins were fairly dark, and they looked VF and XF. Wonderful original Barber dimes. I was blown away, as you just don’t see sets like that anymore.
Dave
Here's a newp that arrived yesterday, a 1913 Half PC 58:
This upgrades the AU 55 that was in my Everyman set.
Tim - I think die cracks like this are unusual. You study barbers much more closely than I, what's your opinion?
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
Here's a new '01 S Half pickup for me:
Vern- I believe my example is an earlier die state of the same OBV die as your coin. The cracks on my coin appear to be in the same places as those on yours, but not all of them are there and they're less pronounced on my coin. My guess is your coin was one of the last coins struck with that OBV die; it looks like it was about to shatter.
Our coins were clearly struck with different REV dies- look at the MM position.
@barberkeys @JeffMTampa Vern and Jeff... how exciting! Die Marriages in Barbers! ... a first foray and I look forward to further documenting things like this. I agree with your findings. Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
PC-58 CAC, pix courtesy Barberkeys.....
PCGS AU-55 CAC. Looks 58 to me....
New Orleans version in PC58...
I like this coin for the clash similar to the 1892-O FS-901 Clashed Dies.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.