1900 25C Barber Quarter Dollar PCGS PR67CAM (CAC)

The coin being offered is nothing short of spectacular with its mirror-like fields and frosty devices. Out of its mintage of 912, there have been 16 graded PCGS PR67CAM, with only 6 finer. In CAC, there are 11 in 67CAM with 6 finer.

Charles E. Barber, the Chief Engraver who designed and engraved the Barber series (dime, quarter, and half), may have drawn inspiration for his neo-classical Liberty (left) from this 5 franc French coin (right) that presents the head of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility, grains, the harvest, motherhood, the earth, and cultivated crops.

The following author's excitement over Barber's design is infectious.  Numismatic art critic Cornelius Vermeule writes that, "Liberty's cap, incised diadem, and wreath of laurel were designed to echo all the depth and volume of her Olympian countenance. The classical substances are offset, almost literally, by the sharply rectangular dentils of the raised rim and the strength of 13 six-pointed stars. On the [reverse] ... an equal constellation of stars ... is clustered above the eagle's shaggy, craggy profile. 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."