1892 25C MS64 认证号53995070, PCGS号5601

Ron Guth

 By 1891, the old Seated Liberty design (with some modifications over the years) exceeded more than 50 years of service on some denominations.  Thus, in 1892, the Mint introduced the new "Barber" design on Dimes, Quarter Dollar, and Half Dollars.  The new design's nickname had nothing to do with hair-cutters, but was named after it's designer, Charles E. Barber.  As they had done with previous new designs, the public grabbed up the new coins in large quantities, resulting in many high grade coins today.  In fact, the 1892 is the second most common Mint State Barber Quarter according to the PCGS Population Report (as of August 2011), with a substantial lead over most other dates in the series.  Not surprisingly, the only date with a higher population than the 1892 is the 1916-D, the last of the Barber Quarters (apparently, some collectors thought it, too, was going to be a rarity).

Collectors of today can choose from a range of nice uncirculated grades, with the largest populations occurring in the MS-63 and MS-64 grades.  MS-65 and MS-66 examples get a little scarcer, but they are not too difficult to find.  In MS-67, the population declines rapidly, with less than two dozen examples in PCGS holders.  The finest examples appear at the MS-68 level, where the single finest example is a lone PCGS MS-68+ (this remarkably toned example is illustrated above -- it is one of only three PCGS MS-68+ Barber Quarters in the entire series, with none finer).

Jaime Hernandez

In 1892 the Philadelphia Mint made a reverse hub change resulting in minor adjustments to the 1892 Barber Quarter reverse. Some of the more obvious changes are on the eagles left wing, where part of the eagles wing covers most of the letter “E” in “United”. Also the right wing tip of the eagle covers most of the lower left leg of the letter “R” of “America”. Some of the stars also have different orientations. There are other subtle differences in the hub changes, but the aforementioned ones are some of the most prominent changes on the reverse design. Most collectors don’t collect these by hub variety, as both coin varieties seem to be plentiful and both command about the same premium.