1910-D Barber Quarter. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC. This handsome and fully original Gem is layered in rich powder blue, olive-gray, golden-apricot, reddish-rose and champagne-pink toning, a little lighter on the reverse. Sharply struck overall and displaying frosty luster. As a handful of astute specialists know, the 1910-D is scarce to rare in all Mint State grades. Q. David Bowers (2019) states that Gems in MS-65 are "surprisingly rare....for a late-date quarter with a mintage well over a million." At the MS-66 level the Pogue specimen is very rare from a condition standpoint and, with only three certified finer at PCGS, this may be the finest in quality and eye appeal realistically obtainable as far as most collectors are concerned. From Heritages Long Beach Signature Auction of June 2005, lot 6026.
