1892-O Barber Quarter. Type II Reverse. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC. Displaying the rich originality that we have come to expect from the Pogue cabinet, this lovely 1892-O Barber quarter exhibits soft pearl gray patina at the centers. The peripheries on both sides are splashed with more vivid reddish-gold, olive-gray and cobalt blue iridescence. Lustrous and predominantly frosty, there is modest semi-reflectivity in the fields. The strike is sharp to full in virtually all areas and far superior that the typical circulation strike Barber quarter from the New Orleans Mint. Our multiple offerings of high grade examples from the Pogue Collection notwithstanding, the 1892-O is scarcer in Mint State and far more conditionally challenging than its identically dated counterpart from the Philadelphia Mint. An important bidding opportunity for the discerning type or date collector. From Heritages Dallas Signature Coin Auction of October 2006, lot 948.
