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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samclemens3991, post: 26537988, member: 82181&quot;]I have only been studying Barber coins for a few months now but I think there are a couple questions i can&#039;t quite find the answer for.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; [USER=104064]@KBBPLL[/USER] .&nbsp; Posted all that information on some subtle design changes to the barber design that occurred at the turn of the 20th Century.&nbsp; I found the 1999 articles relating to it but they don&#039;t discuss this either.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; You can pretty much draw a line between the Barbers from before 1900 and after 1900.&nbsp; Much like the late set Walker Halves, the 1900 to 1916 Dimes at least could be turned into a short set.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It can&#039;t just be about mintages.&nbsp; Other articles support the idea the barber dimes stayed in circulation decades after being minted .&nbsp; This of couse means the earlier the coin was minted the quicker it wore down ; thus the earlier the year the smaller the surviving population of collectible coins.&nbsp; However, the difference between the surviving pops for those two decades must have had something to do with the design change.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps i missed it.&nbsp; None of my grading guides make mention, but should you use a different standard for grading pre 1900 and post 1900 Barbers?</p><p>&nbsp; My newest Grading book, Grading Coins From Photographs by Bowers make mention of the fact that Barber dimes after 1905 are far more common but that is about it.&nbsp; James[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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