To advance the thread, here is an '01-S half dollar in PCGS VG10 that has recently seen a CoinFacts value increase from $210 to $225. I bought it from a local coin shop in 2019 for $50. raw out of an old blue Whitman. Freshly imaged:
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A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Hard to believe it's been 6 years. I know I'm a few days late on this, but this was my first certified coin I bought and it was from Glenn, via Mike back in 2011.
Here's a Barber half I purchased over 15 years ago that has toned very nicely in a Dansco. This is a scan that fails to capture the toning accurately. It's more colorful in hand. I may have to send it off for a TrueView.
Details are there for a 30 but I think the heavy headband scratch would preclude it from crossing, Also the additional problem of light scratches on the neck. Good luck. It's hard to guess what they will think.
I’m in the “Yes” camp to straight grade crossing. The OBV scratches are old and generally blend in. Their presence might put it in a 25 holder, however.
Your 95 O has stronger star, headband, and shield line details than the 04 O that I posted a few days ago which was also graded VF-30.
I respect the opinions of the two previous posters as to its likelihood of crossing at grade. I've not yet attempted to cross any graded coin, so have no experience to call upon. Good luck!
Question on Barber Quarter CAC pricing. The CAC guide is showing lower prices than PCGS on most coins. My experience has been that CAC coins go for a lot more than the CAC Guide, at least when I have purchased them in the last couple of years. Many of the AU coins have very low CAC populations. Most of mine are in the AU55-58 range with a few MS 63-64. Really have not paid much attention to the values until now as I am thinking about selling my coins.
What are your thoughts and opinions on CAC prices in the CAC guide are they behind on pricing.
Agree on pricing. I many times see the CAC pricing to be lower than CoinFacts. Then again, some may argue the PCGS CoinFacts retail pricing is too high to begin with. I don't see it that way. CAC-stickered Barbers easily hit CoinFacts valuations regardless of CAC value guides. It does give off an feeling that CAC-pricing hasn't kept up with what should be more of a true valuation... perhaps more investment is needed by CAC if they want a representative valuation guide collectors depend on. I especially have seen auction realized hammers go higher at GreatCollections auctions in 2022-23 but it is somewhat true for all auction houses.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@jedm said:
That's a nice trio Tim! I saw this one yesterday and she will be coming up from Hollywood Florida to join my PCGS set, compliments of @paesan:
@jedm said:
That's a nice trio Tim! I saw this one yesterday and she will be coming up from Hollywood Florida to join my PCGS set, compliments of @paesan:
I saw and was watching that one... PC40 if I remember correctly?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
This is just an enhanced scan of a coin I've rediscovered after 15 years. I forgot about it after seeing the bright cheek and suspected some sort of wiping, scuffing, or polishing, but that appears to be the only spot that looks unnatural. The rest looks very original looking. This needs a TrueView.
@Redglobe said:
I got the bug 24 years ago...A real nice coin you got there!
I love the hunt to complete my Barber set down to 8 coins
Thank you. I've been collecting for 61 years (thanks to my grandmother and a gift of a blue Lincoln cent Whitman folder), and thought this was my first Barber quarter, but I forgot that I used to own a PCGS G06 1913-S several years ago. I sold it for no good reason and it would now be worth 3 times what I paid for it, and it was a perfect coin for the grade too.
I like to call them the triplets......
'96-S,01-S,13-S in any grade that catches my eye (G to Fine+++) and the dates 97-S,01-O,09-S,10-D and the 12-S in the grades XF-45 to AU 58
@Redglobe said:
I like to call them the triplets......
'96-S,01-S,13-S in any grade that catches my eye (G to Fine+++) and the dates 97-S,01-O,09-S,10-D and the 12-S in the grades XF-45 to AU 58
@Redglobe said:
I like to call them the triplets......
'96-S,01-S,13-S in any grade that catches my eye (G to Fine+++) and the dates 97-S,01-O,09-S,10-D and the 12-S in the grades XF-45 to AU 58
@GotTheBug looks like the Liz Coggan coin... 😍 great dealer in my book. Simply breathtaking!
Tim
Yes, it's the Liz Coggan coin. I used to do business with Liz (along with Gail) back when she worked for J. J. Teaparty. It's always nice to see Liz on the bourse when I go to the FUN Show. I'm not sure what Gail is up to these days.
Redglobe, have fun working on the last dates. There's a nice looking 1913-S on Gerry Fortin's website right now, PCGS G06 CAC.
@LogPotato said:
Hard to believe it's been 6 years. I know I'm a few days late on this, but this was my first certified coin I bought and it was from Glenn, via Mike back in 2011.
That's a super Barber half! I've been trying to find coins with this look - scarcer than hen's teeth....
Fun with raw coins. Here's a scan of a dozen I dug up over 15 years ago off eBay. I'll be scanning each coin individually, but it's fun to show 12 coins at once. Raw coins are fun.
@LogPotato said:
Hard to believe it's been 6 years. I know I'm a few days late on this, but this was my first certified coin I bought and it was from Glenn, via Mike back in 2011.
That's a super Barber half! I've been trying to find coins with this look - scarcer than hen's teeth....
I suggest looking up Darryl Kreis (@Amwldcoin) on eBay. He has the largest selection of nice Barbers that I've seen since I started going to FUN shows the past four years.
@LogPotato said:
Hard to believe it's been 6 years. I know I'm a few days late on this, but this was my first certified coin I bought and it was from Glenn, via Mike back in 2011.
That's a super Barber half! I've been trying to find coins with this look - scarcer than hen's teeth....
I suggest looking up Darryl Kreis (@Amwldcoin) on eBay. He has the largest selection of nice Barbers that I've seen since I started going to FUN shows the past four years.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've been checking out his eBay inventory from time to time. It's tough to judge a lot of his coins from the eBay photos, but he's at the FUN Show every January so I will be looking forward to seeing his offerings in person come 2022.
It's been quite a while since I posted a new purchase. In May I sent in 4 raw Barber Quarters for grading- all came back with straight grades (whew). Here's the first of the bunch:
This was submitted for variety attribution, DDO (Double Die Obverse). It does have a DDO, but apparently not the one PCGS is looking for:
@Barberian said:
From what I've seen, Darryl sells quality coins and charges accordingly. He's a good guy and will have hundreds of nice Barbers available at FUN.
Maybe I'll bump into you there. Look for a very large, disorganized slob in sweatpants.
@Barberian said:
From what I've seen, Darryl sells quality coins and charges accordingly. He's a good guy and will have hundreds of nice Barbers available at FUN.
Maybe I'll bump into you there. Look for a very large, disorganized slob in sweatpants.
It would be nice to finally meet you after all of our correspondence. I did peruse Darryl's Barbers last January but I had spent pretty much all of my show funds by that point and I wasn't really prepared to go beyond my budget. You could spend quite a few hours looking through all of the Barbers in his cases - pretty amazing.
I've been slumming over at MyCollect, but it's pretty slow.....At least we have some active Barber collectors over here! Nice coins guys! I'll post a few old favs:
Here's another newp back from the grading room- an 1895 S BQ with the rare Center MM:
The Center MM position on the '95 S is VERY difficult to find, especially in a high grade. My guess is this variety likely has about the same mintage as the '96 S BQ- perhaps less. Unfortunately, MM positions on Barber Quarters don't get much attention.
@Redglobe said:
I like to call them the triplets......
'96-S,01-S,13-S in any grade that catches my eye (G to Fine+++) and the dates 97-S,01-O,09-S,10-D and the 12-S in the grades XF-45 to AU 58
Love the triplets! I'm also a big fan of the 05-O and O6-O in original F-XF. Great coins everyone!!!
Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
@Redglobe said:
I like to call them the triplets......
'96-S,01-S,13-S in any grade that catches my eye (G to Fine+++) and the dates 97-S,01-O,09-S,10-D and the 12-S in the grades XF-45 to AU 58
Love the triplets! I'm also a big fan of the 05-O and O6-O in original F-XF. Great coins everyone!!!
Dave
'06-O quarters have long been under appreciated, agree with you Dave.
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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@jedm Nice contrast to your '98-S quarter Jed!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
ONE YEAR LATER from 1896-O's
1897-O (New Orleans) half dollar and quarters!
1897-O Barber Half PCGS XF45 CAC (Only recently CAC'd so no image with sticker yet)
1897-O Barber Quarter PCGS XF45 CAC
1897-O Barber Quarter PCGS VF30
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
GOING FURTHER WEST FROM NEW ORLEANS TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 1897
1897-S Half Dollar and Quarters...
1897-S Barber Half PCGS AU58 CAC
1897-S Barber Quarter PCGS XF40
1897-S Barber Quarter PCGS VF30
Center Mintmark is very scarce to find nice!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
To advance the thread, here is an '01-S half dollar in PCGS VG10 that has recently seen a CoinFacts value increase from $210 to $225. I bought it from a local coin shop in 2019 for $50. raw out of an old blue Whitman. Freshly imaged:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
The 1885 Liberty Nickel is the undisputed series key date. This image was shared by a recent PCGS article:
Image courtesy of PCGS TrueView.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
The "Baker's Dozen" of Pop Reports (quantity of 13 and under)
These are specifically for AU58 PCGS-holdered:
Barber Half Dollar PC58 Pop Report Totals by Date-Mint
1892-O micro-o (1)
1896-O (8)
1896-S (9)
1897-O (6)
1897-S (8)
1900-O (10)
1901-O (9)
1901-S (5)
1902-S (9)
1903-S (13)
1904-O (13)
1904-S (12)
1907-S (10)
1909-O (11)
1911-S (13)
Barber ** Quarter PC58 Pop Report Totals by Date-Mint
1896-S (6)
1897-O (11)
1897-S (9)
1901-O (7)
1901-S (1)
1907-S (11)
1909-O (5)
1913-S (5)
Barber Dime PC58 Pop Report Totals by Date-Mint
1893/2-P (9)
1894-O (6)
1895-O (10)
1896-O (5)
1896-S (7)
1897-O (7)
1897-S (11)
1898-O (12)
1898-S (13)
1900-O (10)
1901-S (12)
1903-S (11)
1905-O micro-o (8)
1906-O (8)
1906-S (11)
1908-O (13)
1909-S (13)
1910-S (11)
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Hard to believe it's been 6 years. I know I'm a few days late on this, but this was my first certified coin I bought and it was from Glenn, via Mike back in 2011.
I'm waiting on a new arrival for my small but growing collection of NGC quarters. This one's got the look that I go for:
Sweet coin, @LogPotato!
Here's a Barber half I purchased over 15 years ago that has toned very nicely in a Dansco. This is a scan that fails to capture the toning accurately. It's more colorful in hand. I may have to send it off for a TrueView.
Think this would cross at VF30 to a PCGS holder? 1895-O BQ:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Details are there for a 30 but I think the heavy headband scratch would preclude it from crossing, Also the additional problem of light scratches on the neck. Good luck. It's hard to guess what they will think.
I’m in the “Yes” camp to straight grade crossing. The OBV scratches are old and generally blend in. Their presence might put it in a 25 holder, however.
Your 95 O has stronger star, headband, and shield line details than the 04 O that I posted a few days ago which was also graded VF-30.
I respect the opinions of the two previous posters as to its likelihood of crossing at grade. I've not yet attempted to cross any graded coin, so have no experience to call upon. Good luck!
A recent purchase for my circulation set.
Question on Barber Quarter CAC pricing. The CAC guide is showing lower prices than PCGS on most coins. My experience has been that CAC coins go for a lot more than the CAC Guide, at least when I have purchased them in the last couple of years. Many of the AU coins have very low CAC populations. Most of mine are in the AU55-58 range with a few MS 63-64. Really have not paid much attention to the values until now as I am thinking about selling my coins.
What are your thoughts and opinions on CAC prices in the CAC guide are they behind on pricing.
Thanks
Willy
Agree on pricing. I many times see the CAC pricing to be lower than CoinFacts. Then again, some may argue the PCGS CoinFacts retail pricing is too high to begin with. I don't see it that way. CAC-stickered Barbers easily hit CoinFacts valuations regardless of CAC value guides. It does give off an feeling that CAC-pricing hasn't kept up with what should be more of a true valuation... perhaps more investment is needed by CAC if they want a representative valuation guide collectors depend on. I especially have seen auction realized hammers go higher at GreatCollections auctions in 2022-23 but it is somewhat true for all auction houses.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
To bump the thread, here are three, in year-sequence, nice New Orleans Mint quarters - all in PCGS VF30 PCGS re-imaged recently:
1901-O BQ PC30
1902-O BQ PC30
1903-O BQ PC30 CAC
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
That's a nice trio Tim! I saw this one yesterday and she will be coming up from Hollywood Florida to join my PCGS set, compliments of @paesan:
Lenny has a great coin eye. nice coin Congrats.
I saw and was watching that one... PC40 if I remember correctly?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I'm curious what's going on below the jaw line on the neck? Is that a die break?
Got some returns from grading here recently. New images accordingly:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is another one of those returned. This one turned out as XF45 by PCGS:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
This one looks nice digitally but didn't make the muster in the grading return:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
This is just an enhanced scan of a coin I've rediscovered after 15 years. I forgot about it after seeing the bright cheek and suspected some sort of wiping, scuffing, or polishing, but that appears to be the only spot that looks unnatural. The rest looks very original looking. This needs a TrueView.
@Barberian - Keep unearthing those coins!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Some seemingly common dates are not so common. The 1904-P is one of those:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I agree:
My first-ever Barber quarter, 1908-O, PCGS AU58 CAC green. I don't collect Barber quarters but this one spoke to me. Photos were taken by the seller.
I got the bug 24 years ago...A real nice coin you got there!
I love the hunt to complete my Barber set down to 8 coins
Thank you. I've been collecting for 61 years (thanks to my grandmother and a gift of a blue Lincoln cent Whitman folder), and thought this was my first Barber quarter, but I forgot that I used to own a PCGS G06 1913-S several years ago. I sold it for no good reason and it would now be worth 3 times what I paid for it, and it was a perfect coin for the grade too.
What 8 coins do you have left?
I like to call them the triplets......
'96-S,01-S,13-S in any grade that catches my eye (G to Fine+++) and the dates 97-S,01-O,09-S,10-D and the 12-S in the grades XF-45 to AU 58
That would be a lofty goal for sure @Redglobe.
@GotTheBug looks like the Liz Coggan coin... 😍 great dealer in my book. Simply breathtaking!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Yes, it's the Liz Coggan coin. I used to do business with Liz (along with Gail) back when she worked for J. J. Teaparty. It's always nice to see Liz on the bourse when I go to the FUN Show. I'm not sure what Gail is up to these days.
Redglobe, have fun working on the last dates. There's a nice looking 1913-S on Gerry Fortin's website right now, PCGS G06 CAC.
That's a super Barber half! I've been trying to find coins with this look - scarcer than hen's teeth....
Fun with raw coins. Here's a scan of a dozen I dug up over 15 years ago off eBay. I'll be scanning each coin individually, but it's fun to show 12 coins at once. Raw coins are fun.
I suggest looking up Darryl Kreis (@Amwldcoin) on eBay. He has the largest selection of nice Barbers that I've seen since I started going to FUN shows the past four years.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've been checking out his eBay inventory from time to time. It's tough to judge a lot of his coins from the eBay photos, but he's at the FUN Show every January so I will be looking forward to seeing his offerings in person come 2022.
From what I've seen, Darryl sells quality coins and charges accordingly. He's a good guy and will have hundreds of nice Barbers available at FUN.
Maybe I'll bump into you there. Look for a very large, disorganized slob in sweatpants.
It's been quite a while since I posted a new purchase. In May I sent in 4 raw Barber Quarters for grading- all came back with straight grades (whew). Here's the first of the bunch:
This was submitted for variety attribution, DDO (Double Die Obverse). It does have a DDO, but apparently not the one PCGS is looking for:
It would be nice to finally meet you after all of our correspondence. I did peruse Darryl's Barbers last January but I had spent pretty much all of my show funds by that point and I wasn't really prepared to go beyond my budget. You could spend quite a few hours looking through all of the Barbers in his cases - pretty amazing.
I've been slumming over at MyCollect, but it's pretty slow.....At least we have some active Barber collectors over here! Nice coins guys! I'll post a few old favs:
MS-67+ CAC
MS-66+ CAC
Here's another one of my newps back from the grading room- an 1895 BQ in a PC 62 holder:
This was purchased in an old small white ANACS MS 61 holder. It was cracked it out and submitted raw.
Here's another newp back from the grading room- an 1895 S BQ with the rare Center MM:
The Center MM position on the '95 S is VERY difficult to find, especially in a high grade. My guess is this variety likely has about the same mintage as the '96 S BQ- perhaps less. Unfortunately, MM positions on Barber Quarters don't get much attention.
Love the triplets! I'm also a big fan of the 05-O and O6-O in original F-XF. Great coins everyone!!!
Dave
Hi Dave,
I feel the '06-O is certainly a sleeper!
'06-O quarters have long been under appreciated, agree with you Dave.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@JeffMTampa Jeff, your 1895-S Ctr. MM is a great find! It does not get the respect it deserves in comparison with the 1897-S Ctr. MM.
Tim
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@JeffMTampa Great example of the 1895-S Jeff! They certainly are hard to find.
@Dave99B The 1905-O is also another date MM combination I like.
@sedulous What a beautiful 1906-O Tim! @redglobe I've also found this date MM a tough one.
1895-S BQ Ctr. MM:
1905-O BQ:
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.