1896 25C Barber Silver Quarter PCGS PR68CAM - WOW-!!!

Look at the images of this coin. I mean, just look at them! When we say that this piece is a stunner, we really mean it! If you love rainbow toned coins, then this coin should be on a very short list.

Yes, this coin is expensive, but if you have the resources—and want the finest rainbow toned coins—than this coin should be sitting on your desk soon.

Charles Barber’s iconic design never looks better than when it is decorated with rings of colorful toning. Only 762 of this proof issue were struck in 1896. PCGS has graded 3 as PR68 Cameo with just a single piece finer! Collector’s Universe prices this issue at $13,500.00 in PR68 Cameo.

This truly stunning offering from AUCM is one of the plate coins for the PCGS Coinfacts page on the 1896 Barber quarter in Cameo. Imagine owning this WOW coin! Photo: PCGS Coinfacts.

Numismatic scholar and art critic Cornelius Vermeule writes of Barber’s design that, "Liberty's cap, incised diadem, and wreath of laurel were designed to echo all the depth and volume of her Olympian countenance … On both sides the simple dignity of motto, legend, and denomination binds the pictorialism into a cohesive tondo. The wealth of irregular surfaces and sharp angles is an almost electrifying aesthetic experience .... specimens [are] a pleasure to contemplate. The sculptor was unsurpassed in the mechanics of creating a durable design of monumental validity."