1894-S 25C MS66 认证号09678695, PCGS号5609

This stunning coin was catalogued by David Akers in 1990 as follows: "An incredibly beautiful coin with medium (on the reverse) to deep (on the obverse) multicolored iridescent toning that really must be seen to be fully appreciated. The strike is absolutely full and the lustre under the toning radiates through. Only one other 1894-S quarter has been graded as high as MS66 by NGC (none by PCGS) and it is hard for us to imagine a finer or prettier specimen than this one." Ex David Akers, Auction '90 (8/11/90:1581, $7250) as NGC MS66. The coin also made appearances with similarly glowing catalog descriptions at Heritage, ANA Signature Sale (7/26/03:6994, $12075) as PCGS MS66; and ANR, The Pevehouse/Davis Collections (10/11/04:345, not sold). Incidentally, in our opinion this coin is absolutely superior to the recently made second MS67 by PCGS, which we have seen. We doubt there is any finer 1894-S quarter, but PCGS tends to hold back coins with deep rich toning.

Ron Guth

As with the 1893-S Quarter Dollar, the 1894-S is found with the mintmark in two positions: one with the S above the space between the R of QUARTER and the D of DOLLAR and another with the S above the left edge of the D.  Examples of both can be seen by clicking on the "View All Images" link.

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Those Shifty Mintmarks" by David Lange, The Numismatist, September 2010, pp. 21-22