PCGS Displays Barber Halves At Long Beach Expo “Showdown”
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The top three complete collections of Barber half dollars listed in the
Professional Coin Grading Service’s Set RegistrySM
will be displayed in a side-by-side “showdown” at the PCGS booth (#807)
during the Long Beach, California Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, February
24 – 26, 2005.
It will be an unprecedented public exhibit of high-grade Barber halves
with a combined value of $4.5 million that include many “condition
rarities.” The coins are from the private collections of Dr. Steven Duckor,
Dale Friend and Dr. Peter Shireman, according to BJ Searls, PCGS Set
Registry Manager.
“Dr. Duckor’s collection of Barber half dollars has been decades in the
making. The coins are the cream of all the greatest sets and singles of
Barber halves that have come on the market the past 20 years,” said Searls.
“This collection’s average grade is 66.46, higher than even the coins in
the monumental collection of Dr. Thaine Price sold at auction in 1998 and
even finer than the Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. collection sold in 1997. Dr.
Duckor’s coins won the Best Classic Set Award for 2003 and 2004, and he is
listed in the PCGS Set RegistrySM Hall of Fame.”
The Friend Collection, with an averaged grade rating of 65.79, also is
described as finer in condition than the Price and Eliasberg Barber half
all-time sets.
“Mr. Friend started collecting in 1993 with the purchase of a 1912-S
Barber half graded PCGS MS66,” explained Searls.
Dr. Shireman’s set, although currently ranked third in the registry,
nevertheless, still has an impressive 65.34 rating, and includes the finest
known 1908 and 1909-O Barber half dollars, both in Mint State 67.
The interactive PCGS Set RegistrySM was established in 2001. The registry
ranks sets in order of grade point average, completion and overall rating.
There now are over 13,000 sets registered, encompassing every major U.S.
coin series as well as Canadian, British, Euro and Philippines coinage.
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For immediate release: January 20, 2005, News media contacts: Rebecca
Tran (800) 447-8848, BJ Searls (512) 496-5018 |
