@sedulous said: @JeffMTampa I concur with your 1895-P AU58 assessment. However, take a careful look at the surfaces once it arrives as images can be deceiving sometimes. - Tim
@sedulous said:
Here is an oldie to move the thread. I purchased this 1910-S Barber Half with the slightly lesser-seen more-to-the-left mintmark placement (obviously carries no premium for having that placement) in 2011 for $39.50.
What do you think is going on above Liberty's phaegean cap? It has a raised area, almost like a clash. I will see about following up with this post to provide an improved picture:
Tim
I see what looks like a hair over the cap- is that what you're referring to or is there something I'm missing?
@sedulous said:
Here is an oldie to move the thread. I purchased this 1910-S Barber Half with the slightly lesser-seen more-to-the-left mintmark placement (obviously carries no premium for having that placement) in 2011 for $39.50.
What do you think is going on above Liberty's phaegean cap? It has a raised area, almost like a clash. I will see about following up with this post to provide an improved picture:
Tim
I see what looks like a hair over the cap- is that what you're referring to or is there something I'm missing?
I will take better pictures later but I see this in the field above the cap. Looks a bit like a die crack, through the W, as well to the rim.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is a recent newp that I obtained based off of Jeff's @JeffMTampa 's recommendation. Jeff said it was one of only a few opportunities and I should pounce on it:
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is a recent newp that I obtained based off of Jeff's @JeffMTampa 's recommendation. Jeff said it was one of only a few opportunities and I should pounce on it:
The 1913 S Half in AU 58 has a PCGS POP of 19 coins. Examples don't surface often.
This quarter pick-up has some amazing color. Some may even consider it undergraded and deserving a higher grade! The 1896-O Barber Quarter is a better date:
"Blushes of powder blue and golden-russet iridescence hug the peripheries and provide superior eye appeal at the BU grade level. As with all early date mintmarked Barber issues, the 1896-O quarter is typically encountered in the lowest circulated grades. Mint State survivors are scarce to rare at all levels of preservation."
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous said:
This one is from Lenny @paesan and I appreciate his willingness to sell me this coin. I love the '99-S Barber Quarter as a date! PCGS VF25:
That's one sweet 99-S! One of the semi-sleepers in the series, esp in VF. Beautiful!
Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
Beautiful champagne-pink and reddish-apricot toning is seen over frosty surfaces, with subtle hints of powder blue at the peripheries. Both sides also display a superior strike and expert preservation -- everything one could hope for in a Condition Census survivor of this key date issue.
The 1908-S has a mintage of 1,764,000 pieces and, as a 20th century Barber half dollar issue, ostensibly should be easy to find in most Mint State grades. Yet, as David Lawrence (1991) notes, it is "underrated because of fairly high mintage." In other words, its true scarcity is overlooked. The 1908-S, in fact, is a close second to the 1907-S in terms of Mint State rarity among late date Barber half dollars. Far finer than normally seen, even in the most exceptional cabinets, the Eliasberg-Miller specimen will attract much attention in this and future market appearances.
From the Larry H. Miller Collection
Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. Earlier ex our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, April 1997, lot 2117.
PCGS Population: 2; 0 finer.
CAC Population: 1; 0."
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Wow, that's a gorgeous half! @Eldorado9
For something a bit more proletarian, here's my latest addition to my quarter collection:
Only need four more to complete my slabbed set.
A lightly or minimally toned specimen with nice luster Jeff. Mintmark centered and shifted ever-so slightly right with slight counter-clockwise oriented shift in position.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Confirmed by varieties@barbercoins.org to NOT be a new, undocumented S/S variety. If there is a '14-S/S Barber Half dollar out there, we haven't found it yet or it hasn't been submitted to the BCCS Varieties team for study.
The "not a 1914-S/S Barber Half" images are below. The pictures were taken at the BCCS booth at CSNS on Thursday, April 27th, 2023. All things considered, we find the coin to be very nice for a circulated grade regardless:
Here is a little bit closer look at the mintmark:
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous looking at the photos of your 06D, it seems the dies might be slightly rotated. The obverse prong is "centered" but the reverse is a bit "off center". Maybe this is normal on BQ's but never noticed it before
@LogPotato Nice analysis. So you use stars 5 and 8 for the obverse and the wingtips for the reverse to provide orientation? is that relationship a relative "0" degree angle on other specimens (a "correct" orientation)? I would be interested in learning more about correct design intent in relation to die alignment. From that, you can then properly count degrees of rotation in between the two angle indices.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I am no expert and I'm not going to pretend to be one. Like I said above, it may be a common thing on Baber quarters, but it's the first time I have seen one with such a noticeable difference between the eagle and the head of the obverse.
Here's a new pickup- an 1899 BQ in an old ANACS XF 45 holder:
I purchased it because it looked like it might have a RPD- the last "9". Inside the bottom loop there's what looks like the bottom loop of another "9", but there's no corresponding image above the last "9". Thoughts?
@JeffMTampa
Jeff, I took some time to dwell and study your '99. I cannot come away with the idea of a recut 9 although it could be possible but why only the lower portion? As you zoom in, it looks like a well-placed cut-scratch. Also, it looks differently raised as a curved line inside the counter in the upper portion of the 9 vs. the 'scratch'
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is my 1900 NGC MS64 with a green CAC sticker in an old holder. I cannot decide what to do with it? Send it in for restoration? Cross over? Any suggestions?
@cjdilego said:
Here is my 1900 NGC MS64 with a green CAC sticker in an old holder. I cannot decide what to do with it? Send it in for restoration? Cross over? Any suggestions?
Restoration??? What is it that you are feeling needs "restoration" in that coin? Crossover is only for one reason usually... you need a certain holder to finish a Registry collection. Other than that, there is actually more value keeping the older holder with CAC sticker (more interest generated for a buyer). I know people that will pay more due to the older holder. I sold a commem to a guy in California, for instance, that was building a collection of older holder-only specimens.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous said:
This recent pick-up was not easy to come by (an off-brand holder and not NGC):
Guess the Grade?
Tim
Here is the reveal:
PGA holder (not NGC) says it is an AU58.
PGA is obviously wrong, best guess before crossover would be an AU50-like coin that is ultimately downgraded net XF45 because of the scratch. The field scratch is just not enough to issue a Details-scratched grade IMO. A 10x loupe approach to the scratch would not do the coin justice since it is not bad enough to warrant "Details".
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Comments
Those are my images- the Eagle has landed.
I see what looks like a hair over the cap- is that what you're referring to or is there something I'm missing?
I will take better pictures later but I see this in the field above the cap. Looks a bit like a die crack, through the W, as well to the rim.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is an awesome newp that just arrived this afternoon. A very tough 1909-O Barber Quarter PC30. Nice coin!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is a recent newp that I obtained based off of Jeff's @JeffMTampa 's recommendation. Jeff said it was one of only a few opportunities and I should pounce on it:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@LogPotato @Barberian @paesan or anyone else, who is going to the CSNS central states show?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I still see a hair….> @sedulous said:
The 1913 S Half in AU 58 has a PCGS POP of 19 coins. Examples don't surface often.
Thank you Jeff. The '13-S was nicer in hand than what was seen in the auction pics.
Here is a companion to that '13-S. A low mintage 1914-P Half Dollar in PCGS AU58:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous I will not be attending, but sure would love to someday.
This quarter pick-up has some amazing color. Some may even consider it undergraded and deserving a higher grade! The 1896-O Barber Quarter is a better date:
"Blushes of powder blue and golden-russet iridescence hug the peripheries and provide superior eye appeal at the BU grade level. As with all early date mintmarked Barber issues, the 1896-O quarter is typically encountered in the lowest circulated grades. Mint State survivors are scarce to rare at all levels of preservation."
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
This one is from Lenny @paesan and I appreciate his willingness to sell me this coin. I love the '99-S Barber Quarter as a date! PCGS VF25:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I still love this little 1896. not much color, but its pretty.
Wow, beautiful luster. Nice job Eldo!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
That's one sweet 99-S! One of the semi-sleepers in the series, esp in VF. Beautiful!
Dave
Here's a new pickup:
This has the relatively scarce center MM.
Perfect mid-grade example of a better date!
Does anyone know what collection these came out of? It gives me a @Dave99B vibe like the Barbers he collects. So nice.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
"CONECA RPM-4" was stated by Jon for this 1914-D Barber Dime:
"I found this beauty on ebay last week. This is the CONECA RPM-4. Really neat variety."
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Check out the Coin World May 2023 issue on page 48-49, 52 from Michael Fahey on Barber Quarters!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
i like this obverse shot of my 1908-s. it really shows off the clean fields.
Whoa, beautiful toning near the rim along with pleasing luster! Nicely done Eldo as always! This is what Stack's says:
"Among the Finest Known
Extraordinary Quality
1908-S Barber Half Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS). CAC. OGH.
Beautiful champagne-pink and reddish-apricot toning is seen over frosty surfaces, with subtle hints of powder blue at the peripheries. Both sides also display a superior strike and expert preservation -- everything one could hope for in a Condition Census survivor of this key date issue.
The 1908-S has a mintage of 1,764,000 pieces and, as a 20th century Barber half dollar issue, ostensibly should be easy to find in most Mint State grades. Yet, as David Lawrence (1991) notes, it is "underrated because of fairly high mintage." In other words, its true scarcity is overlooked. The 1908-S, in fact, is a close second to the 1907-S in terms of Mint State rarity among late date Barber half dollars. Far finer than normally seen, even in the most exceptional cabinets, the Eliasberg-Miller specimen will attract much attention in this and future market appearances.
From the Larry H. Miller Collection
Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. Earlier ex our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, April 1997, lot 2117.
PCGS Population: 2; 0 finer.
CAC Population: 1; 0."
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous Thank you buddy! I need you as an editor! This coin really is Barber royalty, and it certainly looks the part. Thanks Again!
Wow, that's a gorgeous half! @Eldorado9
For something a bit more proletarian, here's my latest addition to my quarter collection:
Only need four more to complete my slabbed set.
1911-D Barber Quarter Details (due to some reverse damage)... moving the thread:
I also have a newp I will post later as it is arriving later in the week.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Rumor is a '14 S RPM Half might exist, Here's one without a RPM:
Does anyone have a '14 S Half that might have a re-punched MM?
I know the source and I am positioning myself for pictures of said coin on Thursday at the CSNS!
@JeffMTampa Beautiful coin by the way Jeff.
Here are a couple of '14-S MM close-ups to gauk at and comment on. What do you see?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is a raw newp from CSNS at Liz Coggan's table. 1893-O Barber Quarter in AU58:
Lovely!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
A lightly or minimally toned specimen with nice luster Jeff. Mintmark centered and shifted ever-so slightly right with slight counter-clockwise oriented shift in position.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is a newp that just arrived today. A 1906-D Barber Quarter PC30:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Dang, that one has 'the look'. Well done!
Dave
@Dave99B Dave, thank you for your comment. Coming from you, I am glad you find the '06-D to be of your liking... that carries weight with me!
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I have the '14-S Half Dollar now imaged.
Confirmed by varieties@barbercoins.org to NOT be a new, undocumented S/S variety. If there is a '14-S/S Barber Half dollar out there, we haven't found it yet or it hasn't been submitted to the BCCS Varieties team for study.
The "not a 1914-S/S Barber Half" images are below. The pictures were taken at the BCCS booth at CSNS on Thursday, April 27th, 2023. All things considered, we find the coin to be very nice for a circulated grade regardless:
Here is a little bit closer look at the mintmark:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@sedulous looking at the photos of your 06D, it seems the dies might be slightly rotated. The obverse prong is "centered" but the reverse is a bit "off center". Maybe this is normal on BQ's but never noticed it before
@LogPotato Nice analysis. So you use stars 5 and 8 for the obverse and the wingtips for the reverse to provide orientation? is that relationship a relative "0" degree angle on other specimens (a "correct" orientation)? I would be interested in learning more about correct design intent in relation to die alignment. From that, you can then properly count degrees of rotation in between the two angle indices.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I am no expert and I'm not going to pretend to be one. Like I said above, it may be a common thing on Baber quarters, but it's the first time I have seen one with such a noticeable difference between the eagle and the head of the obverse.
New pickup for me and a new favorite in PR66+.
Nniiiccceeeee,,,,
WOWZAS
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
This recent pick-up was not easy to come by (an off-brand holder and not NGC):
Guess the Grade?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I Know the grade that was assigned so I won't spoil. Gorgeous coin!
35-40
50, or details with the obverse scratch. With NGC it could be anything from 35-55 though. Nice coin! Congrats. A very difficult half.
Here's a new pickup- an 1899 BQ in an old ANACS XF 45 holder:
I purchased it because it looked like it might have a RPD- the last "9". Inside the bottom loop there's what looks like the bottom loop of another "9", but there's no corresponding image above the last "9". Thoughts?
@JeffMTampa
Jeff, I took some time to dwell and study your '99. I cannot come away with the idea of a recut 9 although it could be possible but why only the lower portion? As you zoom in, it looks like a well-placed cut-scratch. Also, it looks differently raised as a curved line inside the counter in the upper portion of the 9 vs. the 'scratch'
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is my 1900 NGC MS64 with a green CAC sticker in an old holder. I cannot decide what to do with it? Send it in for restoration? Cross over? Any suggestions?
In a 64 holder with a CAC sticker. I suggest enjoying as is.
Restoration??? What is it that you are feeling needs "restoration" in that coin? Crossover is only for one reason usually... you need a certain holder to finish a Registry collection. Other than that, there is actually more value keeping the older holder with CAC sticker (more interest generated for a buyer). I know people that will pay more due to the older holder. I sold a commem to a guy in California, for instance, that was building a collection of older holder-only specimens.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Keep that 1900 Quarter as-is. Very nice Type II OBV paired with a Type III REV.
Please don't 'restore' that beautiful 1900 quarter!
Here is the reveal:
PGA holder (not NGC) says it is an AU58.
PGA is obviously wrong, best guess before crossover would be an AU50-like coin that is ultimately downgraded net XF45 because of the scratch. The field scratch is just not enough to issue a Details-scratched grade IMO. A 10x loupe approach to the scratch would not do the coin justice since it is not bad enough to warrant "Details".
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.