1896-S Barber Quarter. MS-67 (NGC).

Extraordinary Superb Gem 1896-S Barber Quarter Single Finest Certified Example 1896-S Barber Quarter. MS-67 (NGC). Here is an absolutely outstanding - unrivalled and unsurpassed - example of this well-known and eagerly sought key date issue in the Barber quarter series. Both sides exhibit a full frosty mint luster with fields that are modestly semi-reflective. When last offered through auction, in Heritage's October 2014 sale of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection, this coin displayed "surfaces that alternate silver areas with pinkish-gold and grayish-olive toning," as described by the Heritage cataloger. Since then, however, the coin has been professional conserved through light dipping and now exhibits a bight, brilliant-white appearance overall. The strike was delivered with pin point accuracy, calling forth full detail to all design elements. Expertly preserved and pristine in most areas, this lovely Superb Gem numbers among the most significant of all Barber silver coins that we have ever offered. The 1896-S is the first of three key date issues in the Barber quarter series, with a mintage of just 188,039 pieces. Produced in an era when collecting mintmarked coinage was just beginning to gain momentum (Augustus G. Heaton's Treatise on Coinage of the United States Branch Mints was published in 1893), most 1896-S quarters slipped quietly into circulation and remained there until worn out or lost. While low grade examples appear fairly regularly, problem free VF, EF and AU coins are highly elusive. Even rarer are Mint State survivors. The present Superb Gem combines an unmatched and unsurpassed certified grade with outstanding eye appeal, and will be just right for an advanced collection of Barber coinage. Numismatists have identified two reverse dies for this issue. This coin was struck from the first reverse with the mintmark centered between the letters R in QUARTER and D in DOLLAR. Provenance: Property from an Alabama Family. Earlier from Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the Bradley Bloch Collection, September 1999, lot 1260; Heritage's sale of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part II, October 2014, lot 98413. Combined PCGS, NGC and CACG Population: 1; 0 finer. PCGS# 5615. NGC ID: 23Y9. Click here for certification details from NGC.

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