1894 BARBER QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 5607, 5680, 85680,
95680
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,432,000
Proofs: 972
Designer: Charles E. Barber
Diameter: ±24.3 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±6.25 grams
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for Philadelphia)
just below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
NGC Proof-67. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 7427, illustrated, not sold
NGC Proof-67. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities
Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 175, illustrated, sold for $2,875.00
PCGS Proof-65 Cameo. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
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Lot 408, illustrated, sold for $1,265.00 From the Luther A. Breck
Collection
Proof-65. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 1229 Not Sold
Proof-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1630 Not Sold
NGC MS-64. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
,
Lot 409, illustrated, sold for $529.00
Notes:
"This year the certified
populations of the P&O Mints continued to fall from the two previous
years, so that now for the first time the P-mint is an R2 [Common] and the
O-mint an R3 [Scarce]. Note that 1894-P has only five coins graded higher
than MS 65 [as of 1999].
Both 1894-P&S come sharply struck. 1894-P has a satiny
luster while the "S" is usually brighter."1
The finest Uncirculated example
graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
The finest Proof example graded by PCGS is a single PR-68.
The finest Proof Cameo
examples graded by PCGS are 2 PRCA-67's.
The finest Proof Deep
Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-67.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
1. "The Complete Guide To Certified Barber Coinage" by David &
John Feigenbaum
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