1900-O 25C MS(PCGS#5626)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2104

Grade

MS67

Price

16,800

Lot Description

Here is an incredible Superb Gem that really needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. Halos of vivid cobalt blue and reddish-orange iridescence ring the peripheries and frame areas of virtual brilliance in the centers. It is intensely lustrous, has a sharply executed strike, and offers essentially pristine surfaces. This 1900-O Barber quarter is among the finest known for the issue, and it would do justice to an advanced collection of Barber and/or New Orleans Mint coinage. Beautiful!<p>The Type I/II hub combination is not among those listed for the 1900-O by Steve Hustad (per Q. David Bowers, <em>A Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins</em>, 2019 edition). He reports only Type II/II and Type II/III for this New Orleans Mint issue although with no center cartilage in Liberty's ear, the present example was clearly struck from an obverse die prepared using the Type I hub.