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1913-S Barber Quarter

Maker
U.S. Mint (San Francisco)
Year
1913
Rank
90 of 100

1913-S Barber Quarter

1913-S Barber Quarter by U.S. Mint (San Francisco) (1913) is ranked 90 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $172,500. The key date of the Barber quarter series with the lowest business-strike mintage (40,000); a classic series key.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The key date of the Barber quarter series with the lowest business-strike mintage (40,000); a classic series key.

25c silver, Barber, S mintmark, PCGS MS68 (lowest mintage of the series)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$172,500
Kind
Realized at auction

Heritage Auctions, 2005. A 1913-S Barber Quarter, PCGS MS68, realized $172,500 — the price record for the date. Lowest mintage (40,000) of the Barber quarter series.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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