It's Barber Bonanza Ya'll! Post your coins by Charles E. Barber. Any denomination ( Dime, Quarter or Half Dollar). There are so many different designs in coinage, but the Barber series is one of my favorites. The Barber coinage consists of a dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by United States Bureau of the Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. They were minted between 1892 and 1916, though no half dollars were struck in the final year of the series.
Dang. He did the Stella designs too, but I can never lay my hands on one of mine when I want to take a picture of it. * * or any other time, of course
Don't forget he also did the Liberty Head nickels. Barber also did the obverse on this one (Morgan did the reverse). 30+ medals, Lafayette dollar, Pan-Pacific half and quarter eagle, Cuban coinage, and his 5 centavo was still used until 1961. I've been fascinated with the Barber transition varieties for many years now, which I've obsessively posted on here. One amusing thing was this "unintended feature" of his dimes 1892-1899 - a dent in the corn husk seen in this 1899 proof (not mine). When I first saw it I thought it was PMD, and then I saw it on every dime before 1900. Someone (him?) seems to have dropped an engraving tool on the hub, and it persisted through 8 coinage years. He finally redid the hub for 1900 coinage and removed it, as well as changing the leaf veins and corn. I've wondered if that flaw bothered him the whole time. 1900 proof (also not mine). Just some more useless trivia.
My only Barber coin. Kept as an example as I do not collect this type. It has a notch on the edge from having been placed in a pendant holder.
I can open up a Barber Shop! Here are many of my Barber coins I have metal detected in the past 14 years and 2024 Top Row 27 - Dimes 6 - Quarters Middle Row - 2024 Finds 2 - Dimes 2 - Quarters 1 - Half Dollar Bottom Row - From 2024 Seeded Hunt 8 - Dimes
All the same but different. In 1900, there were three obverse hub types and two reverse types. I/II I/III II/III III/III
