Rare Barbers

Let's see 'em, fellas! I'll start things off with one of the royal family, my 1901S quarter.

 

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Fun Thread:

1896 S
Latest one:





How many do you want to see?

A couple more:









[note different slab #'s]

or in bulk:







enough already?

 

1913 S:





More?

I'll have to find the pictures.

 

I can't find my '01 S, AG right now.

 

Thread would of been a fun thread but Treashunt won already.

 

Yep...might as well stop now. :/

 

NO!

Don't stop now!

I have more.

 

okay, only one:

 

You are making me jealous! I'm guessing mine is a FR-02 but hey I'll take it every time!

I once had an opportunity to purchase an 1892 micro-O half for probably half of what I could have sold it for. Still kicking myself on that one

 

I was the underbidder for a 1892 O micro O on eBay, quite a few years ago.

It was a massive cherrypick.
At the time it listed for about $500 in Good, and it was an AG.
The current bid on the coin was about $50 or so dollars.

So I bid $1,000.

I lost it.
One bid higher.

Still hurts.

Don't feel bad.

This will make you feel better:
I had a chance to get a (I hoped) VG for $3,000, at the time though it was above bid.
So, the dealer sent it in to PCGS, it came back as a G-06.

And it was only worth about $2,000 in that grade.

I still kick myself for not buying it anyway.

 

Yeah this one was a G4 in an Anacs holder...I believe it was one of the old small white ones that are usually fairly conservatively graded. It was marked $1,100. I knew a bit about it but not enough to spend that much. By the time I researched and went back it was gone. This was around 2009-10. C'est la vie.

 

I had the chance to buy a 1901-S Quarter FR2 Cleaned by ANACS at one of my local shops for $550 last summer. Didn't know anything about Barbers at the time and passed on it to buy 2 Bust Halves.... kicking myself now.

 

wow, that was a great price

 

also a great price.

Under a dozen or so known

 

C'mon Frank , I know you have more hidden somewhere .

 

Some one else must have Barbers to show off, other than Frank.

 

People who know Barber coinage will know that a mid-grade 1897-S quarter is rare as hen's teeth. Add to that the fact that this coin is the very scarce center mintmark variety and then this lowly VF30 becomes uber-tough.

 

Tom - tell the story of where you found it?

 

How many S MMs did they have for the '97-S ?

 

uh, only one per coin.



The center MM on that '97 S is extremely scarce.

Of the dozens that I have examined over the years, I have only found a few, and usually in lower grades of AG or G