The 25 Days Of Barber Coins!!

Long time looker on this thread and now I can contribute.

Have not been on line too much as of late.

Over Thanksgiving, I had a friend visit and he imaged
all the Dimes and Quarters that I had no images of.

He imaged 105 coins... Posting them will be a monumental task.

I will try and post a few every so often. I am waiting for the CD;
once received, expect a great slide show.

I have been assisting a good friend with his collection. It's been my
priveledge to assist him. His collection is either # 1 or # 2 in every
category.

We're reviewing each series and deciding what gets sent into the TPG
for a possible upgrade, and what should go to CAC for a bean. This is
not as easy as it sounds.

Last month, I acted as his agent in bidding on the Simpson Dime auction
in Las Vegas. I bid on 10 coins, and won six of them. The "jewel in the
Crown" was the one he was missing, the 1903-S. He now owns the date
in PCGS 67 ( pop top / pop one ) . The other dates were either tied for the
finest known or close to it .

I have been locating a wide variety coins for him, and he is only interested
in Superb Gems.... So, it's been fun handling such high caliber coins.

I'm also putting together a Fine - Extra Fine set of Quarters for his Son.
I picked up a great looking 1913-S in Fine 12 in a PCGS holder last month.
While at FUN last week, I picked up a very choice 1896-S VF 25. He has a
1901-S in PCGS 40 already.

I missed the BCCS meeting last Friday, as I had other obligations.
FUN was busier than I thought it would be. Listening to all the "Nay
Sayers" I expected the floor to be slow. I found the opposite. It was
busy on Thursday and Friday morning.

The Heritage auction was packed with great material. I won two
upgrades for my Quarter set. I found three more upgrades on the
bourse floor. So, although I did not find a date I was missing, I did
land five AU 58's to upgrade my set.

Will post images once I am off of the IPad.

Congrats to DrTomes on getting the 01-S Half into a Genuine holder.
I'll check Great Collections and see how you fare !!

Spent ten minutes looking for this Thread. Page 5 !!

Ok... lots going on.

I just brokered this coin from one friend to another.

Wow!!

I guess you're expecting some images ...my bad...sorry

My major purchase at FUN :





Ok, the two Quarters I won at auction at FUN:









The other day, I found a few great circulated Quarters - I have looked long and hard for AU examples - but deceided to grab these until I can upgrade them with my grade of choice: AU 55-58

....I have to many subset of files & folders and can't immediately locate the ones I wanted to show: 1901-O & 1907-S Quarters ... I'll add them later should I locate them.

Here is a choice 1914-S in VF for your viewing pleasure.

Nothing as spectacular as my friend's Newps, but
I located a nice - very original - upgrade for my 1912-S
Dime.

It's going to CAC - as I think it's a higher grade than the
OGH says it is....

Beautiful.

ELBESSAR! Your glorious Barber Collection continues to absolutely ASTOUND me!

Thank you SO much for continuing to post your (and your friend's!!) ever-burgeoning collection!