I am here for help. In my collection of foreign coins I discovered a 1914 S Barber Quarter. In itself it seems to be rather valuable (for my collection anyway). But.......upon inspecting the quarter, on the obverse the D in GOD is backwards. I cannot find any information after several hours of searching the web, so I am reaching out to anyone that may be able to help me. I am at the point where I would like to just verify that it is a counterfeit coin and move on, but my frustrations are blended with excitement that I may really have something. Please, if you can help me with this one at all let me know so that I can get some rest!!!
trip to coin shop I took the coin to "Treasure Island", the local coin dealer and was told by a rather young man that what I have is indeed a fake coin. It is smaller in sized when compared to (I think it was an 1895 Barber) and more of a light bronze/copper color than the more obvious silver one we compared it to. I would still like a second opinion of course and will try to get some photos of the coin available as I can. If it is counterfeit, why? And, why make something that appears to be somewhat genuine in appearance, but incorrect in size and color?
Bring your spaceship around and we'll ride up the Hudson...but please, don't put NORAD on alert....again .... sigh Ruben
Your coin may be a contemporary counterfeit meant to be spent. If the counterfeiter could make a quarter for 5 cents and spend it for 25 cents he made a profit of 20 cents (a serious amount back then). I am guessing your coin is a cast counterfeit because a cast coin will shrink after the metal cools. (Most cast counterfeit coins are made from dies that are made from genuine coins and are the same size as the genuine coin. So cast coins made from those dies will be smaller than a genuine coin.) Some contemporary counterfeit coins are collectable. Depending on how good a forgery your coin is there may be a collector that would be interested in it.
NORAD used to be inside Cheyenne Mountain but recently they moved out near Peterson Field. The thought they no longer needed the protection the Mountain Complex offered and moved out in the open to save money. Manitou is a 20 or 25 minute drive for me and Cripple Creek is a little over an hour.
that is kinda stupid. How do they know what the future will bring. Russia, Iran or China can be a threat. I used to spend Sunday mornings walking out to Manatu Springs. I haven't been to the Springs with the World Bicycling tournament in 86. Ruben
I have seen in excess of 250 1914-S Barber quarters and I would not even attempt to opine as to the authenticity of your coin without seeing it. I suggest that if you believe that you have something of value that you take it to the next national coin show in your vicinity and have a coin grading service that gives free opinions, such as ANA, NGC or ICG give you their opinion as to its authenticity. I would suspect that the coin is either a counterfeit or severely corroded which has caused its true color to be distorted. Another test would be to weigh it. The correct weight is 6.25 grams. Taking into consideration some wear, if it weighs less than 6 grams or more than 6.25 grams you have a definite counterfeit coin.
Bill, US and Foreign Bill, originally from Los Angeles and recently bi-Coastal to New Jersey and Los Angeles.
