Which Reverse Design do You Prefer?

..........Seated Liberty.........or.............Barber..........

 

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i dont own a barber but prefer it

 

Seated liberty obverse

 

Is it just me, or are they essentially the same reverse?

 

barber reverse blows the other away

 

The first one (seated?) is fuller and better looking.

 

I prefer the cleaner lines of the Barber. One less grain, skinnier leaf, etc.

 

Barber dime reverse, but I like the Barber quarter and half reverse design better

 

i can't tell the difference. it's the same reverse to me.

 

I like the Barber for those reasons, too...but the Seated Liberty seems to be higher relief...more 3-D.

I like them both...but can't decide which one I like the best. :scratch:

 

I'm hungry......

 

On the Barber reverse ONE DIME is slightly smaller making it further away from the wreath (specifically look at the distance of the E in ONE from the wreath.) and the end of the left ribbon ends in a single point instead of two points.

The Barber reverse was actually first used on the seated Liberty starting I think in 1876. When Charles Barber redesigned the dime in 1892 he simply continued the seated dime reverse. Off the top of my head I don't know if the seated dime reverse was modified by William, Charles, or Morgan.