1905-S Barber Quarter. MS-66+ (PCGS). CAC. Offered is a high Condition Census example of this semi-key date Barber quarter issue with a mintage of 1,884,000 coins. Both sides are warmly and originally toned. The obverse displays dominant pearl gray that yields to more vivid champagne-pink and powder blue at the border. The reverse exhibits pinkish-gray central toning with engaging powder blue iridescence around the periphery. The luster is smooth and frosty, and the strike razor sharp to virtually all design elements. The finest 1905-S Barber quarter known to us is the Eliasberg specimen in PCGS MS-67, which J.M. Clapp acquired directly from the San Francisco Mint in November of that year. The present example, CC#2 for the issue at PCGS, must also have been set aside at the time of delivery, and it has obviously been handled with great care over the last 115 years.
