Yoo-hoo, Braddick? PO-1 1901-S Barber 10c?

mirabela

Getting ready to blow out a bunch of junk silver, I took a closer look at a nearly unidentifiable Barber dime. The mintmark is S, and upon loupe scrutiny, the last digit of the date is a 1, which means either 1911 or 1901. Upon closer -- we're talking really close now -- scrutiny, the hollow in the center of the adjacent digit is visible, meaning it's a zero, not a one. So there we are -- I have a PO1 1901-S Barber dime. What are your thoughts on this? Should I just keep this around as a curiousity, or get it in plastic? I see having a hard time selling it if it isn't slabbed, inasmuch as a photo reveals a slick, dateless coin. What do we think?

greymars

Put in a PCGS slab...would make a nice reference piece

mirabela

Any other opinions on this?

K6AZ

<< <i>Any other opinions on this? >>



Yeah, contact Braddick.

ARCO

Barber coinage circulated heavily and low grade coins are very common. If holdering helps you get a higher price, then I would do it. If you want to make a low grade pop coin, the barber series is the wrong series, as most of the surviving coins are low grade.

JMO

Tyler

Colorfulcoins

I'd be interested in the coin as it would be a downgrade for me - I currently have a FR02 asshown below....

mrpaseo

I would have it slabbed because I don't have a P01 as of yet. But again i would keep it for my collection, not resale value.

ccex

Mirabela:

Do you still have this and might you be able to post pictures? I've been studying Barber Dimes for 7 years, and for the last 6 weeks have been trying to write standards for grading two levels of Poor, two levels of Fair, four levels of AG, and three levels of Good. Your description leads me to believe your coin gets the coveted Poor 1.0 grade, unless it has problems.

Colorfulcoins

ccex, here's my PCGS PO01, which happens to be a 1901-O:



And here's a 1903-O which is graded PCGS FR02 for comparison:

mirabela

I still have the coin, but it is inaccessible & will be for a while. When it sees the light of day again, I'd be happy to *try* to take a picture. I think the coin is more like what you'd call basal state, though. Any grade might be too high.