1910-D Barber Half

JohnPhiloponus

Here is a fascinating story I ran across, knowing a brother of the party involved. Apparently a 1910-D Barber half that was never supposed to be placed in circulation was gotten in change at Durez Chemical in Niagara Falls, NY back in the late 1970's.

The coin did not sell at the mentioned show, and was sent back to Wilson, NY in the mail. It never arrived. There is a good chance this coin is still out there.

percyb

Yikes.... sounds like the US Postal service has done it again!

stevefromne

There's no such issue. Was it a 1910-S ?
Possibly a 1910-D quarter ?

No Headlights

Dan Carr's grandfather may have been involved.

JohnPhiloponus

@stevefromne said:
There's no such issue. Was it a 1910-S ?
Possibly a 1910-D quarter ?

No, a Barber half that said 1910 on the front, and with a D mintmark on the reverse. There was another article my friend is looking for.

stevefromne

@JohnPhiloponus said:

@stevefromne said:
There's no such issue. Was it a 1910-S ?
Possibly a 1910-D quarter ?

No, a Barber half that said 1910 on the front, and with a D mintmark on the reverse. There was another article my friend is looking for.

Not a chance, it's a fake.

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/barber-half-dollar-1892-1915/732

ricko

It sure would be exciting if this coin does show up. A lot of experts looked at it back then, and considered it genuine..... No doubt it would be subjected to even greater scrutiny now. It must be somewhere. Unless melted.... Cheers, RickO

MS66

Why ever would a mint incur the colossal setup costs to punch out just one or two coins? It might be different if there were some documentation indicating that hundreds or thousands had been produced and then melted for some reason. But this, no.

TomB

Sorry, not a chance of the details being correct and the piece being an authentic US Mint product. I know some folks like to believe in coin fairytales, but this one ain't real.

dcarr

@No Headlights said:
Dan Carr's grandfather may have been involved.

Well, he did do work for the CIA:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Carr

https://ia801308.us.archive.org/13/items/nsia-CIAFoundations/nsia-CIAFoundations/CIA%20Foundations%20057_text.pdf

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