Lot 1146
1903 Barber Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 68 Cameo PQ. The present specimen offers the sophisticated type collector or die-hard Barber coinage collector the opportunity to acquire one of the finest known examples for this date and type. An absolutely stunning gem with fully mirrored fields, cameo-contrast and flawless surfaces. This coin appears as struck! The luster on Liberty's device is frosty and swirls over the entire portrait with overlapping radiance. A pure white specimen that will forever showcase the beauty with which this design was meant to impart. The last time this coin was available in the numismatic marketplace was the Superior Sale of the 1872 Amazonian Gold Pattern Set in 1990 as Lot # 3555. The cataloguer in that sale said it all when he stated, "An utterly astonishing coin that, to put it mildly, fully deserves its Mount Everest grade". In fifteen years, nothing has ever surpassed the quality of the present piece. This is one of the finest Cameo graded for this year by PCGS.
This specimen can be identified for future pedigree work by a small lint mark on the underside of the eagle's right wing
Since no published bid/ask spreads really exist for Proof 68 examples. Some recent auction appearances are mentioned for the sake of price analysis.
1) 1911 NGC Proof 68 Cameo; Heritage Signature Sale, 9/09-1½004, Lot # 6412; $9,488
2) 1905 PCGS Proof 68; Heritage Signature Sale, 5/5-8/2004, Lot # 7063; $16,100
3) 1913 NGC Proof 68; ANR Classics Sale, 9/13/2003, Lot # 335; $11,500
4) 1915 NGC Proof 68 *; ANR Classics Sale, 9/13/2003, Lot #336; $33,350 (PCGS # 5689) .
Estimated Value $8,000 - 12,000.
Ex-Superior Galleries, October 7-9, 1990, Lot # 3555; $16,500.
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| Realized $8,625 |
