Interesting Barber Dime Information and Listings

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Public dissatisfaction with the Seated Liberty design was heard in Washington and Philadelphia as early as 1879. Many felt that the nation’s coin designs were second-rate, but few could have predicted how mundane a change could really be. New designs were submitted by Mint engravers throughout the early 1880s, but the only outcome was the production of a new nickel designed by Chief Engraver Charles Barber in 1883. In 1891, there was much discussion of a public competition for new designs for the dime, quarter and half dollar.

Design Of The “New Dime”

What Barber did was to modify the large head used on the Morgan dollar by adding a Liberty cap and cropping Liberty’s hair shorter in back. He then placed his initial B on the truncation of the neck. The reverse uses almost exactly the same wreath used on the Seated Liberty dime of 1860-91. What Barber did accomplish with his new dime, though, was to design and place into production a coin that would meet the striking requirements of modern, high-speed coin presses.

The first Barber dimes were struck on January 2, 1892. Over a half billion pieces were struck during the next twenty-five years. Some issues have mintages as small as 500,000 (such as 1895-O, 1901-S and 1913-S), and others were struck in quantities as large as 22 million (1907-P). At one time or another four mints struck these coins, and the mint mark of Denver (D), San Francisco (S) and New Orleans (O) can be found on the lower reverse below the knot in the bow (there being no mint mark for coins struck in Philadelphia). Barber dimes are, for the most part, a attainable set of coins with no significant date or mint mark rarities, except for the legendary 1894-S. The low relief design assured that most coins would be sharply struck, except for a few issues from New Orleans (known for weak strikes over the decades).

Barber Dime Rarity

There is one great rarity in the Barber dime series, one of the rarest coins in all of U.S. numismatics, the 1894-S dime. Allegedly, 24 pieces were struck on orders from San Francisco Mint Superintendent J. Daggett. Due to the rarity of the coin and the mysteries surrounding its past, the 1894-S Dime is one of the most valuable coins produced in the United States. In the late 1990s one of the remaining 1894-S Dimes was bought for $825,000. Since then they have sold for $1,035,000 in 2005; $1.3 million also in 2005; and $1.9 million in 2007.Only 10 specimens can be accounted for today, which presents one of the great numismatic mysteries of the past hundred years: Where are the other fourteen 1894-S dimes that were reportedly struck?

Grading

Grading Barber dimes is a moderately simple process. On high grade coins, signs of circulation will first appear on Liberty’s cheek and in the fields. For a coin to be un-circulated, all the mint luster must be uniform and unbroken over both sides. Proofs were struck in each year except 1916, and the only standout rarity is the recently discovered 1893/2 over-date. 1894-S is the only issue in the series to have been counterfeited in any appreciable numbers. Dangerous forgeries have been made by altering the mintmark on an 1894-O or adding one to a Philadelphia coin. Others were made in the mid-1970s in The Philippines.

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1991 - AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA $5.00 - MINT - 1 0Z. SILVER - PERTH MINT
US $60.00
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1896 Barber Half Dollar "CAMEO PROOF" SUPERB GEM PF ** STUNNING!!!
US $1,111.11 (34 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:51:04 PST

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US $51.09 (8 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:00:19 PST

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1884 CC MORGAN DOLLAR SILVER COIN TONED GEM BU
US $267.75
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:49:42 PST

1991 - AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA $5.00 - MINT - 1 0Z. SILVER - PERTH MINT
US $60.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:50:32 PST

1896 Barber Half Dollar "CAMEO PROOF" SUPERB GEM PF ** STUNNING!!!
US $1,111.11 (34 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:51:04 PST

Old Wheat Penny roll/ Rare 1/2 Roll, Bank of San Francisco
US $51.09 (8 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:00:19 PST

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US $28.01 (11 Bids)
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US $32.13 (10 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:14:09 PST

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US $61.00 (11 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:19:42 PST

1896 Barber Dime : PCGS F15
US $84.99
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:19:45 PST

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US $2,135.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:24:03 PST

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US $34.00 (9 Bids)
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US $70.99
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:35:04 PST

Old Wheat Penny roll/ Rare 1/2 Roll, Bank of San Francisco
US $61.00 (6 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:39:44 PST

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US $40.00
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1876 Indian Head Penny CHOICE EF**SUPER STRONG LIBERTY**GREAT COLOR!! b410
US $27.00 (13 Bids)
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Old Wheat Penny roll/ Rare 1/2 Roll, Bank of San Francisco
US $51.00 (3 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:59:58 PST

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US $31.05 (11 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:01:48 PST

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US $25.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:09:21 PST

Mercury dime collection mint marked under 1934 16s thru 31s no 16d 21p,d 26s
US $150.00
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US $49.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:14:52 PST

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US $28.88 (9 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:16:54 PST

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US $25.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:29:24 PST

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US $29.88 (2 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:33:37 PST

FIVE PEACE DOLLARS, 1 MORGAN, 3 LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS, 2 BARBER HALFS AND 2 DIMES
US $180.00 (3 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:41:18 PST

1832 Coronet Head Large Cent CHOICE EF**SUPER SENSATIONAL!! b419
US $70.99 (10 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 23:01:26 PST

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US $25.00 (10 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 23:10:16 PST

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US $30.05 (4 Bids)
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★150 Alaska Gold Nuggets Placer Nuggets Bullion Flakes+ Silver Barber Dime Coin
US $38.95 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 23:21:54 PST

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US $29.00 (6 Bids)
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1960 Proof Roosevelt Silver Dime ICG PR70 - Top Grade!
US $75.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 23:28:08 PST

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US $31.05 (10 Bids)
End Date: Tuesday Feb-07-2012 0:06:06 PST

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US $24.67 (6 Bids)
End Date: Tuesday Feb-07-2012 1:10:32 PST

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US $26.01 (9 Bids)
End Date: Tuesday Feb-07-2012 1:48:08 PST

10 ROLLS OF UNSEARCHED WHEAT PENNIES - BONUS - LOOK!!!
US $70.99 (1 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Feb-07-2012 1:56:27 PST

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