1893 25C MS(PCGS#5604)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4034

Grade

MS66

Price

3,840

Lot Description

This attractive coin exhibits warm pearl-gray and green-gray patina on both sides. Lustrous and frosty with a razor sharp strike and expertly preserved surfaces. Production of quarters for circulation at the Philadelphia Mint remained strong in the second year of the Barber series with a mintage of 5,444,023 coins. Placed near the start of this series, the 1893 benefited from contemporary interest in this new coinage design, but not to the same extent as the first year 1892. Even so, enough Mint State coins have survived that the 1893 is fairly available in grades up to and including MS-64. Any finer and the conditionally rare nature of this issue comes to the fore. Among the finest that we have ever offered for the 1893 Barber quarter, we anticipate strong competition for this coin.