Has there been any additional information about the roll of MS 1901-s quarters

LanLord · December 13, 2005 3:47AM

Seems to be back in the Summer there was a story floating around that someone had come into posession of an original bank roll of 1901-s quarters.

I haven't seen any information about it lately.

Anyone know of any update?

mgoodm3 · December 13, 2005 3:49AM

I'd never let it out if I had one. Piece out the roll slowly.

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS · December 13, 2005 3:49AM

Baloney !!!

no such thing

Stewart

coppercoins · December 13, 2005 3:51AM

<< <i>Baloney !!!

no such thing

Stewart >>

I concur. That would be BIG front page news, and I've never seen anything about it.

ziggy29 · December 13, 2005 3:54AM

I suppose it's possible...if you could avoid having it become news.

I think it would be pretty hard to hide, though, unless you only released one of them every couple of years. With TPGs and condition censuses, a more rapid increase in population of mint state '01-S quarters would be VERY quickly noticed.

HTubbs · December 13, 2005 3:54AM

ditto...

Artist · December 13, 2005 4:06AM

The thread last summer attributed the 'possible' roll of 01-s to an old-time Hawaiian collector whose name escapes me. Such a roll would have been consistant with both his collecting style and the types of material he collected. However, when Coin World listed the highlights of his collection a few months ago, such a roll was not listed among them.

Barberman55 · December 13, 2005 4:16AM

All rumors.........the roll was never included in a recent coin auction, which represented the estate, of the "supposed" owner of this original roll.

Edited to add: Ditto to what Artist said.

longtimecollector · December 13, 2005 4:28AM

I believe the name was "Damon"...... and the talk of a roll of 01-S quarters was more fizzle than sizzle.......

Barry · December 13, 2005 4:49AM

You mean the vault full of them, soon to be released as GSA quarters?

streeter · December 13, 2005 4:57AM

The article about the auction appeared in the Honolulu paper......

Damon Article

This wasn't the original article but it does mention the quarter rumor.

Rumor= ??????

coinlieutenant · December 13, 2005 5:07AM

It is the Damon estate out here in Hawaii. Very wealthy land owner/banker family associated with the uber wealthy Bishop estate/family.

While I dont know if the coins are going up for auction, a dealer out here that looked at the estates some time ago has said that there was a roll of every S mint coin, (dollar to penny from 1890ish to 1937 I believe.

Just because they dont sell at auction doesnt mean that there wasnt a private treaty. Hawaii is the land of the back door deal, and getting the auction through who they did, confirms that.

John

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS · December 13, 2005 5:31AM

View the highlights @ DoyleNewYork.com

The auction will be in March in New York

Many of the coins will be available in NCS holders

and lastly There are no rolls of coins

The last dated coin in the collection is 1892

Stewart

TheRaven · December 13, 2005 5:39AM

It would be big news but I think the market would just absorb them.....

ziggy29 · December 13, 2005 6:02AM

<< <i>It would be big news but I think the market would just absorb them..... >>

But at what cost? Looking at just the NGC census, I see a total of 16 mint state 1901-S quarters. Some of these could be resubmissions.

Even if PCGS had a similar amount of them graded, I would think flooding the market with 40 more of them -- and probably close to tripling the supply -- would have a significant impact on the upper end of the price scale and maybe a little impact down lower. Sure, it would still take a LOT of money, and more than I have to spend on a coin, but more like a prince's ransom instead of a king's ransom.

I have trouble believing that if 40 MS '01-S quarters, prices wouldn't drop at least somewhat for at least a while.

I doubt this is even true, but who would have thought a ridiculous amount of mint state 1903-O Morgans would have been found in the early 1960s, either?

coynclecter · December 13, 2005 6:35AM

Would you like a roll?? It wouldn't suprise me to see the US mint take special orders some day. They seem to be willing to sell whatever to make a buck.

WaterSport · December 13, 2005 6:43AM

Let me ask a stupid question..Did banks even paper roll coins in the early 1900's????

WS

roadrunner · December 13, 2005 10:50AM

A roll of BU 1901-s quarters would likely be quickly absorbed and if anything would raise the prices temporarily. With XF and AU's advertised for the same price MS63 bid is on CDN, these could get easily absorbed. If you prefer an XF, carry it in your pocket for a few years to get a nice look to it. Then plop it in your album.

It was either Bowers or someone other old time dealer I talked to 15-20 years ago that said there was a BU roll set of Barbers in New England somewhere...and that included all denominations and
1901-s 25c as well. I would have been easy enough to do to someone who lived during that period. And I have no reason not to believe such a thing could be out there.

An antique dealer in my area has 1 or 2 orig rolls of BU 89-cc dollars.
He's been offered a ton but will not part with them yet. There's lots of stuff still buried out there.

roadrunner

majorbigtime · December 13, 2005 11:35AM

iT WAS RUMORED THAT sTACK'S HAD THE ROLL--PURE bs1

bREEN SEZ THAT TWO DEALERS HAD A FULL ROLL SET 50 YEAR AGO, BUT ONLY ONE ROLL OF 01 s

Friggin' CAPS key!

morgannut2 · December 13, 2005 1:06PM

The Damon-Bishop estate (half the family got nothing) was well documented in the legal press--and there was no roll of 1901S quarters. There's a rumer of a roll everytime some major dealer needs to buy a few for customers and can't shake any loose-- Heard about the roll of 1927D Saints in Germany??--The rumer starts like clockwork before every sale.

michael · December 13, 2005 1:08PM

Seems to be back in the Summer there was a story floating around that someone had come into posession of an original bank roll of 1901-s quarters.

I haven't seen any information about it lately.

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Anyone know of any update?

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no such roll

Has there been any additional information about the roll of MS 1901-s quarters

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