1909-O 25C MS(PCGS#5655)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1348

等级

MS64

价格

36,179

详细说明

1909-O Barber Quarter. MS-64 (NGC). Delicate champagne-pink peripheral iridescence interrupts otherwise satin-white brilliance on both sides of this lustrous and sharply struck example. The 1909-O is quite scarce in all grades with a mintage of 712,000 coins. Even Extremely Fine and About Uncirculated examples are elusive, and in the latter grade this is one of the most challenging Barber quarters to locate. According to David Lawrence, in a letter to our own Q. David Bowers in 1997: "The 1909-O is the scarcest of all the New Orleans Mint Barber quarters in most grades, especially if with a decent strike. It is on the want list of just about everyone who wants to build a Mint State set." This issue is significant as the last year of New Orleans Mint coinage. The presses in that city were stopped in this year, never to resume production. Many coins, primarily silver dollars, continued to be stored at the New Orleans Mint until 1929, when they were moved to a vault in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, quarter dollars were not accumulated and most were paid out into commerce. In addition, they were not often saved by contemporary numismatists. Bowers was unable to locate records of any quantities of New Orleans Mint Barber quarters existing while doing research for his book American Coin Treasures and Hoards(published 1997). The present example not only escaped circulation, but possesses an uncommonly full strike and solid Choice Mint State preservation. Sure to appeal to advanced collectors. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. NGC Census: 17; 6 finer (MS-66 finest). PCGS# 5655. NGC ID: 23ZJ. Click here for certification details from NGC.