Barber Dime Key Dates - Are There Any?

SilverEagles92 · November 21, 2007 3:35AM

Aside from the 1894-S, are there any other Barber Dime key dates in circulated grades?

holeinone1972 · November 21, 2007 3:36AM

What are you trying to ask? Your question makes no sense.

vega1 · November 21, 2007 3:41AM

I don't know, not a Barber expert... a nice 1895-O can be pretty tough to come by I think.

DennisH · November 21, 2007 3:41AM

Judging from the Grey Sheet, it depends a lot on what circ. grades you're talking about.

The 1895-O is $300 in just Good.
In Fine there are a dozen or more dates over $100.

tightbudget · November 21, 2007 3:45AM

1895-O is the biggie, probably some other semi keys that I can't think of at the moment.

SilverEagles92 · November 21, 2007 3:48AM

<< What are you trying to ask? Your question makes no sense. >>

why not? I wanted to know what they key dates to the barber die series were in circulated grades.

Cladiator · November 21, 2007 3:55AM

1895-O

ps. Your question makes perfect sense to me.

7Jaguars · November 21, 2007 3:56AM

1895-s and some of the early 1900s "S" mints (1901-1905). These become more difficult as the mint state levels increase but also hard in higher grade circulated...

SilverEagles92 · November 21, 2007 3:58AM

Thanks guys!!

holeinone1972 · November 21, 2007 3:59AM

<< 

<< What are you trying to ask? Your question makes no sense. >>

why not?

I wanted to know (HOW MUCH? )what they key dates to the barber die series were in circulated grades. >>

WHAT!

You wanted to know what? How much? How many were minted?

I just did not understand your question.

Your question: Aside from the 1894-S, are there any other Barber Dime key dates in circulated grades?

The answer, yes there are other Barber dime key dates available in circulated grades.

I am glad the others knew what you meant, I did not understand. Sorry not trying to be a jerk, just trying to figure out what you wanted.

SilverEagles92 · November 21, 2007 4:02AM

<< 

<< 

<< What are you trying to ask? Your question makes no sense. >>

why not?

I wanted to know (HOW MUCH? )what they key dates to the barber die series were in circulated grades. >>

WHAT!

You wanted to know what? How much? How many were minted?

I just did not understand your question.

Your question: Aside from the 1894-S, are there any other Barber Dime key dates in circulated grades?

The answer, yes there are other Barber dime key dates available in circulated grades.

I am glad the others knew what you meant, I did not understand. Sorry not trying to be a jerk, just trying to figure out what you wanted.m >>

Key dates ie. 1916-D mercury dimes, 1932-D washington quarters, 1928 Peace dollar. I wanted to know what the key date for the barber dime series is, in circulated grades (I said circulated because some coins are rarer in higher grades).

holeinone1972 · November 21, 2007 4:07AM

OK, sorry.

1895-O is the key, the 94 -s is a pipe dream, unless you have a very big pipe.

Followed by the :
13-s
96-s
96-o
95
97-o
94-0

originalisbest · November 21, 2007 7:33AM

You could just look at the PCGS (or any) price guide, and take it from there.

MrSpud · November 21, 2007 7:47AM

Problem free mid grade circulated 1901-s Barber dimes are ridiculously hard to find. It was the last hole that MrsSpud had to fill in her set. We found bent ones, scratched ones and even a 1904-s that had been altered to make the 4 look like a 1 before we found a decent one in the VG-VF range.

roadrunner · November 21, 2007 9:44AM

Finding any of those semi-key dates above in problem free, uncleaned F-XF is nearly impossible. I'd imagine finding a 16-d dime in like grade would be easier....and 10X more costly too.

I was trying to upgrade a VG set of Barber dimes I bought and I could not find a problem free 1897-0 to save my life. Every one offered was either cleaned, scratched, or run over by a train. Nice circ O/S barber dimes are like money in the bank....esp the O mints.
Buy every nice one you run across. Prices usually start at "ask" or higher. You can't go wrong on the 95-0 but I think the more subtle dates will catch up over time.

roadrunner

carl · November 21, 2007 10:00AM

Look at it like this. There are now over 300,000,000 people in the USA. Add in several million from other countries. If only 0.5% collect those that means any with a mintage of less than several million would be real tuff to find. Then there are always those that have several of each so that makes it really hard to find them.

MFH · November 21, 2007 12:11PM

Aside from the keys and semi keys mentioned, try and locate
the O mint marked coins from the mid 1900's in AU 58...talk about
hard to locate !!

The Key Date - not taking the Pipedream 1894-S into account,
is decidedly the 1895-O.

Glad I bought my AU 58 when I did - you never see that coin in that
grade anywhere anymore. [ Sorry, no images, I bought it before I
got a PC, back in October, 2000 from a Superior auction.]

mr1931S · November 21, 2007 5:45PM

Are there any key dates?

For what its worth, when I was collecting these by date/mint, I considered any Barber dime with mintage of a million or less, in fine or better condition to be a key date. Yes, my definition for a "key" took into consideration the dime's condition since I was looking for these in circulated condition with much of the detail still remaining.

When I was looking for these, I would frequently see the low mintage 1901-S in well-worn condition (AG or worse) offered for sale. I didn't consider this date a "key" in About Good condition. I didn't consider well-worn 1913-S to be a key date either.

I can make an exception for my admittedly strict definition of "key" Barber dime for the 1895-O. This issue was not seen by me all that often at shows or shops so I always considered it THE key in the Barber dime series, even if in well-worn condition. 1900-O, with mintage of about 2 million was an impossible coin for me to find in fine or better condition back in the 80's when I was collecting these. It seems higher prices have brought numbers of nice ones of these into the marketplace in recent years.

boyhowdy · November 22, 2007 6:55AM

The 1895-O is available across the board up to XF. Just a matter of digging in your wallet.
The toughest are the semi-keys in original XF+. Included are the '94-O, '96-S, '97-O,
and the triple-O- 1900-O. The single most difficuly coin in the series is the 1896-O in the mentioned grade.

Steve, the Barber dime guy (with apologies to Casey).

boyhowdy · November 22, 2007 6:57AM

MrSpud -- The 1904-S and maybe the 1902-S are the coins least likely to have full rims.

Steve

Casey · November 22, 2007 3:51PM

My experience for the toughest dates in XF-AU are (ignoring the 95-O)
97-O
96-O
96-6
01-S
03-S

All are really tough dates.

Barber Dime Key Dates - Are There Any?

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