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Recent Finds
This page includes descriptions of recent club members' finds and, where possible, a photo of the find. Members are invited to bring their find to a club meeting or send a description of their find to one of the club contacts via email along with a photo, if available, and that information will be included on this page. Be sure to visit this page often to see what types of interesting finds are being made by the club members. Where possible some interesting facts about the find will be included and maybe even where the find was made and with what type of equipment.
I Was That Close
During the recent Informal Group Hunt held at O'Fallon Park, here in St. Louis, I was fortunate to find a 1901 "O" Barber quarter in good condition. It was only two inches deep and I believe the reason it had not been found before this (our club has hunted the area where I found it many times before), is that it was right next to a very old and rusty spark plug. I had an "iffy" signal and since I had been digging mostly junk all day, went ahead to dig even more junk. Was I surprised when out popped the shallow coin. It was very dark in color and at first I thought it was just a clad quarter. I moved out into the sunlight to see it better and that is when I noticed it had stars in a circular pattern near the rim. Ahah! It was a Barber quarter. I rubbed it carefully just enough to see it was a 1901. After I got home, I checked the Redbook coin book and saw that the 1901 Barber quarter with the right mint mark was very valuable-the most valuable Barber quarter ever made. It is the "S" mint quarter with only 72,000+ made. Even the "O" mint mark made it a key date coin, so I had a two thirds chance that I had a good find. I carefully went through various cleaning processes until I had the coin restored to a condition that was very good to fine. It was at this time that I could see it was minted in New Orleans and, of course, had the "O" mint mark. This meant it was still a $40 to $60 coin. As Don Adams would say in "Get Smart" -" I missed it by this much", because if it had been the "S" mint mark coin, it would have been valued in the $5,500 range. Oh well, maybe next time.
Submitted by Roger Horrom
1901 Barber Quarter (front)
Here is the quarter seen from the front side:
1901 "O" Barber quarter (reverse)
Here is the 1901 "O" Barber quarter as seen from the reverse
Created on 01/29/2007 09:55 PM by admin
Updated on 06/12/2008 09:31 AM by admin
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