A few years ago I bought a collection and it had an old green folder with Barber Dimes. I set it aside until last year at which time I went through the folder to verify the coin in the slot was the correct one. I needed about 13 dimes to fill all the holes. They were all lower graded coins so I figured why not. Here are the two coins I needed to plug every hole. They may be worn, scratched and not very nice to look at but hey, it filled the holes in my folder so my folder is now complete. I’m not a big fan of the Barber coins but with the folder being so close to done I decided to finish it. First up is the 1895-O, the key date. Only 440,000 were minted. Next is the 1896-S, a semi-key date. The mintage was 575,056. They’re not pretty but they filled the folder.
Yes it does Randy! I just don’t like empty holes. We all have them but I’m seriously working to fill them in all my folders and albums. I’m slowly winning the battle. Lol
Where did you get the key date and semi-key date? I bought a book with coins in it except the semi-keys and I have been working on it.
I had an online dealer get them for me. You just have to be patient and look for them. They eventually pop up.
Congrats, Dave! I've come to realize that I've NEVER finished an album. NEVER! Part of being a hoarder, and a pretty-shiny-object chaser, I guess. I do have a couple albums from when I was a child, collecting with my dad. I now debate whether I should finish the albums, or leave them as they were (probably not touched since 1984ish).
Did the manufactures of this folder at least have the good sense not to include a spot for the 1894-S? I might "complete" a Barber dime collection one day, but I don't see myself squeezing one of the 94-S specimens into a cardboard page. Maybe when I can do the same for the 1913 Liberty nickel.
