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Message:: [QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26539961, member: 104064"]It would be post 1900 dimes - the obverse changed in 1901. But I haven't observed anything about the deepness of Liberty myself, just repeating what Bowers said about the relief being lowered and Liberty not wearing as much. I guess (if true) that the rim would protect the rest of the coin more from wear if the portrait relief was lower. Here's my image comparing the two obverses (both proof). It seems that either the portrait was imperceptibly shrunk, or the legends were moved closer to the rim. It's really hard to tell. I don't know how to judge if the relief was actually lowered or not either. [ATTACH=full]1691475[/ATTACH] PM me your address and I can mail you my Bowers' 3rd edition of the red book, Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins, slightly used. I prefer the 2nd edition. All that changed is that they removed the certified population tables and replaced them with market value comparisons between 2nd and 3rd editions. The latter is useless to me. I bought it because they advertised "newly documented varieties", and the publisher was well aware of the corrected info on hub types from his involvement in my CPG submissions. But there was nothing "new" in there at all except the market value tables. They didn't correct anything about the hub types. Big disappointment in that regard.[/QUOTE]