1893 Barber Quarter. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC. This attractive coin exhibits warm pearl gray patina on both sides. The left obverse is splashed with olive-copper, powder blue and champagne-pink iridescence with similar colors more extensively distributed on the reverse. 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.
