1901 S Barber Quarter That I Found. Serious Questions

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. I do like to think of the detecting community as the tip of the spear. That's a great analogy. I will most definitely be posting things in the detecting section of the forum in the future. As for the coins in my videos, I have a pretty extensive collection of coins, with pictures of each one. So when I dig a coin I show it being recovered and then I show close ups of it in the field. When I get home I often use stock images of the corresponding coins in my collection. In essence, the coin that comes out of the ground is often not the coin shown later on in the video. In the cases where I don't have a duplicate coin that looks all nice and shiny, I determine if the actual dug coin needs cleaning. Obviously KEY DATE COINS ARE NOT TO BE TAMPERED WITH but in order to protect the coins from further abrasions and corrosion, a simple rinsing is needed. Cleaning depends on the compound of the coin. Copper gets a nice looooooong soak in olive oil followed by a hot bath in distilled water. Silver typically gets a simple rinsing with distilled water in order to "knock off" any possibly abrasive material. i.e. sand/dirt etc. Nickels are pretty well shot in our ground here. They typically (but not always) come out VERY damaged. Soap and water is about all you can do for them. In the case of this particular coin (01 S Barber) I used warm distilled water to rinse the sand and dirt off. It was then very gently blotted dry (once on the front, once on the back) with a microfiber towel and immediately placed in a holder.

Nice to see another metal detectorist from Idaho. You are right about Idaho being harsh on the silver. I find it interesting that you found a 3 cent piece. I've only ever heard of one of them being found before in Idaho.

http://www.barbercoins.org/1901SBQ.html

This is the online authentication guide for the 1901-S Quarter on the BCCS site.

Elbesaar, thanks for pointing out our existence.
We DO have a few knowledgeable people in our group!
Now, I suspect DrTones little 'problem' would generate a bit of interest among our members.

And that scratch/gouge is not SO bad.
These quarters are usually worn slick.

Late to the party with my input ... too much work alas.

Outstanding find and a treasured coin in any condition!

Looking forward to learning how this story plays out.

David

That is one heck of a find if confirmed to be genuine. Definitely get it certified by either PCGS or NGC, preferably PCGS because of resale value.

Using the link provided by matthewvincent, the coin seems to match die pair a. That makes me hopeful that it is indeed genuine. I wonder if anyone else sees the same thing.

If genuine, I would say that it just falls slightly short of EF. Details look mid VF or so.

This is a die pair "A"..no doubt in my mind. Look at the position of the S and the width of it.
The BCCS is a credible source.

http://www.barbercoins.org/1901SBQ.html

I know there's a lot of fakes out there. The reason I'm so confident is because of where this coin was found. There was no reason to counterfeit this particular coin around the turn of the century. It wasn't a key date yet. Location, location location

Yeah I agree. It will will absolutely need authentication either way. I think the differences in the letters is due to the environmental issues. There's a certain degree of naturally occurring elextrolysis that happens to coins in mineralized ground