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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 7789100, member: 104064"]I can appreciate your disagreement but I disagree with your disagreement. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don't expect a grader to know everything about everything, but this is a famous 1901-S here, and there are probably way more counterfeits than real ones. Information on authenticating these is widely available, including here: <a href="http://www.barbercoins.org/BQ1901S.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.barbercoins.org/BQ1901S.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.barbercoins.org/BQ1901S.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Even if you just focused on the known die pairs, the date position is close but not a match to the known obverses, as [USER=111067]@expat[/USER] pointed out. There is a 1901-P with a very similar position. The mm also appears to be lower and left versus the known reverses. Both PCGS and NGC attribute the 1892 Rev1 and Rev2 varieties, so they should be well familiar with the third type. NGC says right on their coin facts for 1901-S "All 1901-S quarter were of the hub pairing 2/3". </p><p><br /></p><p>I know I'm being hard on the graders, but between the two auction sales this is a $16,000 mistake. "Presumably"! I guess it's a good example of what can slip past the pros.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 7789100, member: 104064"]I can appreciate your disagreement but I disagree with your disagreement. :) I don't expect a grader to know everything about everything, but this is a famous 1901-S here, and there are probably way more counterfeits than real ones. Information on authenticating these is widely available, including here: [URL]http://www.barbercoins.org/BQ1901S.shtml[/URL] Even if you just focused on the known die pairs, the date position is close but not a match to the known obverses, as [USER=111067]@expat[/USER] pointed out. There is a 1901-P with a very similar position. The mm also appears to be lower and left versus the known reverses. Both PCGS and NGC attribute the 1892 Rev1 and Rev2 varieties, so they should be well familiar with the third type. NGC says right on their coin facts for 1901-S "All 1901-S quarter were of the hub pairing 2/3". I know I'm being hard on the graders, but between the two auction sales this is a $16,000 mistake. "Presumably"! I guess it's a good example of what can slip past the pros.[/QUOTE]
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