OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH, I got it today! My holy grail of coins, 1913-S quarter.

Congrats! I wish i was that lucky

 

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neato....


nice, and nice of the dealer to give it to you.

 

Very cool. Congratulations!

 

Like others have already said , CONGRATULATIONS. That is the kind of find that makes all the hours spent searching worth it !

 

Post like this are fun to read.. Congrats on the coin, its a toughy in any grade thats for sure..

 

Congrats!

 

Congratulations on a great find. Not everyone ever gets a chance to own a '13 S. I know how you feel, It's great isn't it?, my "thought I'd never own one" is in the mail to me right now.

Enjoy that '13S, and lets see some more pics.

 

This is also a great tale of why establishing a relationship with a dealer is a good thing. This is from someone who was never around one place long enough to do that. Without the relationship, your dealer might not have even been on the lookout for the particular coins you have been seeking and certainly wouldn't have known to call you with his find.

 

1913-S:
Mintage: A Mere 40,000!
Condition of Yours: Around G-4!
Value: $1,600!
Great Job!

 

12 year old scotch, Chivas?

 

if you're going to drink Chivas, make it Royal Salute (21 years old)

 

no chance----


or my collection just went up a ton in value.

 

isn't THIS what coin collecting is all about?

 

That is an amazing story!

Does anyone know why the mintage was so low (40,000) on S.F. quarters that year? The 1913-S barber dime and barber half had nearly 500,000 minted. Why so few quarters minted in SF in 1913? Did their quarter press break or something?

 

Good for you! It's always nice when you have a dealer thinking of you.

Chris

 

It's great that he could rescue a key date, but it is nowhere close to a G-4. I'd say AG-3 at best, and closer in my opinion to FR-2. Rims are worn almost halfway into almost all the lettering and some of the details around the rim are gone completely.

 

Great find !! Momentous event !! Congratulations !!

 

That's an interesting question. There was a spike in world silver prices around 1907... was that still playing out in 1913?

 

Awesome!

 

no, not the silver spike, but San Francisco was still recovering from this:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php