1900-S Barber Quarter. Type II/III. MS-67 (PCGS). A top-of-the-pop Superb Gem eagerly awaiting inclusion in an advanced Barber quarter set. Frosty surfaces are dusted with mottled iridescent toning in sandy-silver and pale apricot. Fully struck in all but a few isolated areas, both sides are expectably close to pristine for the assigned grade. Along with the 1898-S and 1899-S before it, the 1900-S is one of three San Francisco Mint Barber quarter issues that were sent in quantity to the Philippines. A fair number of those coins have returned to the United States after acquiring minimal wear, which explains why the 1900-S is one of the more readily obtainable mintmarked issues of this type in EF and lower AU grades. However, attractive Choice AU and Mint State examples are elusive and undervalued. Near the pinnacle of the numismatic grading scale, this Superb Gem is an important condition rarity. Tied with just three other grading events in PCGS MS-67, one of which is the Pogue specimen that realized an impressive $7,200 in our March 2020 Baltimore Auction.
