August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Superb Gem 1892 Barber Quarter
1892 Barber Quarter. Type II Reverse. MS-67+ (PCGS). CAC.
This CAC-approved Superb Gem is an exceptionally well produced and preserved example of this popular first year Barber quarter. The strike is outstanding, the dies imparting a richly frosted texture as well as razor sharp detail to both sides. Expertly preserved, the surfaces border on pristine. Regarding the eye appeal, it is truly extraordinary and features a bold blend of vivid powder blue, reddish-apricot and pinkish-silver iridescence. A delight to behold and worthy of an advanced collection or PCGS Registry Set of Barber coinage. The Barber quarter debuted in 1892 with circulation strike mintages from the Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco mints, as well as a delivery of 1,245 Proofs from the Pennsylvania facility. With a circulation strike mintage of 8,236,000 coins in Philadelphia and an above average rate of survival as a first year issue, the circulation strike 1892 is one of the most popular type candidates in this series. It is readily available in most Mint State grades but becomes incredibly scarce at the Superb Gem level. The present piece is among the most desirable survivors known. The Type I Reverse hub was used only in 1892. It is identifiable by looking at the letter E in UNITED, whose crossbar is plainly visible. On the Type II and III Reverse hubs, the former represented here, the tip of the eagle's wing covers the crossbar and is flush with the top of that letter.
PCGS# 5601. NGC ID: 23XT.
PCGS Population: 8; 5 finer (MS-68+ finest).
From the Srotag Collection. Earlier from Heritage's Atlanta ANA National Money Show Auction of February-March 2014, lot 3864; Heritage's Dallas Signature Auction of April 2020, lot 3419.
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| Price realized | 4'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 9'500 USD |
