Very scarce coin in this grade....

mr1931S

PCGS XF 45





This date was almost impossible to find in any grade higher than AG in the '80's and '90's.

When I saw this one,I just had to have it for my beginning set of 'O' mint dimes,1837-1909,XF or AU.

1900 O makes 3 down,33 to go.

zap1111

Cool idea for a series to collect. Good luck with it and thanks for sharing this one. Great character to it.
zap

Moldnut

Very neat date and mm, one that suffers from poor strikes as seen in the headband and liberty.

TexasNationals

Darn right, tough in that grade, I am doing dimes in VF+, one exception so far 1895-P in 12, but I just got a 1903-S in VF-20, one tough booger, luckily I have the best who buys the coins for ne, no junk, solid, original eye appeal.

mr1931S

no junk, solid, original eye appeal.

Right.Coins like we're talking about will always have someone's interest in acquiring.Besides,I have always liked to collect things that not most everyone else has.

David Lawrence,in his guide to Barber dimes, puts difficulty of locating decent 1900-O on same level as locating decent 1895-O,the unarguable key to the Barber dime series.

nccoin

generous grade

mr1931S

generous grade

1900-O
Comments: Poorly struck with lackluster surfaces. Rarely seen in any grade above Fine. Demand will always exceed supply. "Commands" a premium above published price guidelines.

Lawrence's comments in 1991 in The Complete Guide to Barber Dimes are true today. Assigned Rarity rating-R5+ where R5 means very scarce.Only a few will appear at large shows or auctions in a year's time.Lawrence has nine dates only of the 75 (including 1905-O micro 'O') in grades XF-AU that he considers R5.Lawrence considered 1895-O and 1905-O micro 'O',in XF-AU,to be R6. R7 was reserved for mint state 1894-S,R8 for circulated 1894-S (the "ice cream" specimen).

1903-S,1909-S,1896-S and 1895-P are in the group of R5's.The other five in the group are 'O' mints with 1900-O being the latest R5 'O' mint.

Official A.N.A. Grading Standards for United States Coins notes that New Orleans issues,in particular,are occasionally softly struck.

I notice that the mintmark and ribbon bow is very bold on my coin. Also,the "00" in the date is somewhat bolder than the "19."

I think the PCGS grade is right on but I do admit to being a bit biased as the owner of this coin.

mr1931S

The New Orleans mint produced dimes starting 1838 not 1837 as I indicated earlier.

That 1860-O is going to give me fits,tearing my hair out to find an acceptable (XF-AU) example for my set.

I may need to go back to the drawing boards on this set and evaluate my ability to complete with 36 different coins.It would be a joy to behold for sure given that all coins are original,problem free examples.Unfortunately,coins like this don't come cheap,not even for the commons.

Building a representative set of 'O' "types" for New Orleans issue dimes (large,medium,small,micro,'O' over horizontal 'O",etc.) might be a more realistic way for me to go.

ricko

Nice specimen.... good acquisition. Cheers, RickO

johnny9434

sorry, i think the barber series is an ugly one but if you like it wtg on it happy hunting

jdillane

Very nice!

mr1931S

i think the barber series is an ugly one but if you like it wtg on it happy hunting

This is the first time i've ever heard anyone say Barbers are ugly Appreciation for Barbers is all about appreciating mystique
...oh well

The subject coin has not been messed with.It has some mint luster so that makes this "old school" grader happy.

I regard my 1901-O as an XF 40.It has a bit more wear and no mint luster.

DIMEMAN

Very nice coin for 1900-O. Very tuff date.

I love Barber coins and don't see how anyone can call them ugly.

I have considered many times selling my dimes and doing the complete Barber's all denom's.

Just can't sell all my hard to find dimes.