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  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 28, 2023 6:11PM

    Not an easy date, here is my 1897-O Barber Dime PC45 re-imaged. Do you see some doubling on "MERI" ?:



    • T

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can see what appears to be a bit of doubling on the serif of the R. Nice looking specimen.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is a recently arrived newp for Sedulous Set #2. A 1904-P Barber Quarter in PC30. A nice, even tone on this circulated piece:


    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • No HeadlightsNo Headlights Posts: 2,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sedulous said:
    Here is a recently arrived newp for Sedulous Set #2. A 1904-P Barber Quarter in PC30. A nice, even tone on this circulated piece:


    Great look. Common date, but not looking like that. Congrats.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I finally found the right PC45 for the 1912-S BQ slot. It has been a while to locate something nice:



    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,523 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My first Proof Barber quarter.

    I’ve officially broken the ice. Not sure where this will lead me. 🤣

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • fastfreddiefastfreddie Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is not that life is short, but that you are dead for so very long.
  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did anyone win one of the PC58 Barber Halves tonight at the Heritage auction?

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • willywilly Posts: 318 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Island City Barber Quarter Collection Auction through Gerry Fortin All PCGS CAC

    https://www.seateddimevarieties.com/Auctionguide.html

    Thought it might be of interest to some members of this group.

  • No HeadlightsNo Headlights Posts: 2,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jedm said:
    This 1904 is an upgrade to my set. She's got the look in hand that really makes her look totally original with nice luster evident, especially on the reverse. Thank you Lenny!

    Nice pick up. Lenny has a great coin eye.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jedm I actually like that date from Philadelphia. Surprisingly elusive. Your coin is very, very pretty. Lenny does a great job locating nice coins @paesan. Lots of experience with Barbers... he even wrote an article on BQ's years ago that was accepted as the main article for CDN Monthly. So he has seen a lot of coins and knows what to look for.

    1904-P Barber Quarter PC45


    1904-P Barber Quarter PC30


    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bada-Bling indeed! Wow!

    3 rim nicks away from Good
  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭



    Won at auction from Heritage November 12th, 2011... a long time ago

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1893 O F-15 ICG graded center mint mark bought in 2021

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2, 2023 10:09PM

    A few more...

    AU55 CAC with Clashed Dies


    XF40 CAC


    AU58 but didn't get the sticker so I put on a pink one in my moment of dispair


    Jed, really like your F15... wholesome looking.

    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2, 2023 10:08PM

    Then you have the O over O version...


    And I almost forgot my centered O Jed...


    Then you have the O mintmark that is halfway over... PCGS AU53 CAC

    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sedulous - Barbie approved the clashed AU-58? Those are some great examples of the wandering O Tim!

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jedm said:
    @sedulous - Barbie approved the clashed AU-58? Those are some great examples of the wandering O Tim!

    Thanks Jed, how fun! I decided to re-image the centered O... much better here:


    @jedm yes,I see the clash but it is not as pronounced. Why PCGS recognizes the 1892-O quarter and not the 1893-O baffles me. Both are equally prominent on specimens.

    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 12, 2023 8:24PM

    1912-S Barber Quarter in XF45. Moving the thread... shown this one earlier but just reimaged. Have one in VF25 and AU58. This one has helped my XF45-focused set.



    I hope all of you have a nice Thanksgiving. See you at Winter FUN 2024 in early January at the BCCS booth... stop by and say "hi"...

    p.s. if you have any coins you want me to bring that you have noticed on this thread or... bring your own for photographing like my image here. I plan to bring my set-up.

    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 13, 2023 10:20AM

    I am having this Quarter imaged for a closeup, but here is the current sellers cropped images.

    1892-O 25C DDO L-103 / FS-101 PCGS MS62

    PUP - IGWT and the stars doubled strongly towards the rim, with tripling on "IN G"


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  • fastfreddiefastfreddie Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 13, 2023 9:01AM

    @jedm said:
    1893 O F-15 ICG graded center mint mark bought in 2021

    How is that coin 15?

    Here is my p30 purchased in late 19'.

    It is not that life is short, but that you are dead for so very long.
  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anyone have nice Philippine Hoard dates? Recently re-imaged this one... it is special: the only XF45+ and the only one with CAC sticker out of all XF45's:

    1900-S Barber Quarter Type I/II PC45+ CAC



    Here is a non-CAC back-up copy...

    1900-S Barber Quarter Type I/II PC45



    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Willy that is a nice looking dime and I like it even more as a '93-P dated specimen!

    @jedm the '93-O is good looking for that grade level. Perhaps it would be F12 as a PCGS or CACG crossover ( @fastfreddie ) ... but as good looking as that coin is I would have made the same pick-up.

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • RedglobeRedglobe Posts: 617 ✭✭✭

    Is this the first time you won an auction from them? Do they send an invoice or do you have to contact them?
    Yes I did win a coin and I can't wait to get it also :smiley:

    Rob
  • RedglobeRedglobe Posts: 617 ✭✭✭

    Great great purchase by the way.

    Rob
  • JeffMTampaJeffMTampa Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I bid on a single coin in the GFRC Auction and was fortunate to win it. I've been putting together a 1900 Barber Quarter Hub Variety set over the last few years. There are six potential combinations from each mint, the Type I, II, and III OBV hubs paired with the Type II and III REV hubs. The Philadelphia mint has 5 combinations known (the III/II combination is unknown), The New Orleans mint has 5 known combinations (the II/ II is unknown), and San Francisco has 4 known combinations (the Type III OBV is unknown).

    The coin I won at the Auction is a 1900 O with the Type III OBV and Type II REV. It's a PCGS AU 53, and upgrades my VF 30:



    This hub combination is one of the rare ones- hard to find. In three years of searching this is the nicest example I could find.

    I love them Barber Halves.....
  • willywilly Posts: 318 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 1900-O was a coin that I purchased through Lenny. Made $6 profit on it after Gerry’s fees. Theses were the first coins I have sold since I started collecting slabbed coins. Glad you got it.

    Willy

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One of the toughest combinations Jeff! Congratulations... and your pictures look great when comparing to the seller's.

    Thanks for sharing your find!

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Question... I see 90% silver at a certain face value for coins like Walking Liberty Halves, Franklin Halves, Washington Quarters, Mercury Dimes, Roosevelt dimes, etc. Why do you think Barber coins are sold at a "premium" vs. these other coins? because they are older? harder to come by or there is more interest? I mean we are talking this is simply 90 here, right?

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • Eldorado9Eldorado9 Posts: 2,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A really beautiful collage of photos taken by YN board member @FlyingAl Hope you enjoy.

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The penultimate quarter has been attained for my slabbed set:

    I'm still on the hunt for a '16.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jedm Jed, a tougher Philly date. It took me awhile to find one decent enough from my own diligent searching (a lot of cleaned pieces out there). Glad you got yours! Did it reach VF35? I presume not an XF40.

    1916-P Barber Quarter... another one of those strangely elusive dates in mid-circulated grades:



    Here is my (more recently-graded in 2023) 1908-P Barber Quarter I expected to be XF45+ but ended up AU50 by PCGS:



    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks Tim, the '08 is graded XF-40. I wouldn't have guessed that my last one to find would be a P mint 1916. It seems that every one out there is '16 D.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 30, 2023 5:25AM

    @jedm said:
    Thanks Tim, the '08 is graded XF-40. I wouldn't have guessed that my last one to find would be a P mint 1916. It seems that every one out there is '16 D.

    With what PCGS has graded my closer-to-darkly-er toned coins, I assumed it would have knocked your grade from a 40 to a 35. Detail-wise, the grade is about right at a 40, congratulations.

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My re-imaged 1903 Philadelphia quarter. I like it...
    Sourced from @paesan January 2021.
    It is getting harder to find nice coins like this:

    1903-P Barber Quarter PCGS XF45


    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is a beautiful newp from C.W. @Southern_Knights that hust arrived this afternoon. An 1894-P PC55 Barber Dime with some beautiful color:



    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • JeffMTampaJeffMTampa Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can I buy an "S"?

    I love them Barber Halves.....
  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JeffMTampa said:
    Can I buy an "S"?

    VANNA! GIVE ME AN "S"!

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How about a little bit of color? an 1896-O Barber Dime in PC45. Putting out there this tougher date to move the thread!


    Have a nice weekend.

    • Tim

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • seduloussedulous Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 19, 2023 2:29PM

    Newp. 1914-D Barber Quarter PC50. Come and see my deep dive analysis presentation on XF/AU scarcity, pop quantities, and value study during the Winter FUN BCCS meeting. Never before shared interesting insights on unappreciated date-mints (or overappreciated?) will be presented for, dimes, quarters, and half dollars.

    Tim


    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • Eldorado9Eldorado9 Posts: 2,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sedulous I would go to your presentation for sure, but not able to attend FUN this year. Good luck on the presentation!!!!

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