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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3570739, member: 27832&quot;]I think this is the kind of analysis I imagine myself doing, if I had (a) ambition and (b) time-management skills. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I went off to check against a few Barber halves I&#039;d imaged for sale or documentation, and there were no surprises:</p><p><br /></p><p>1894-O: type I</p><p>1898-S counterfeit(!): type I, but an imperfect fit, just like all the rest of the coin&#039;s features</p><p>1901-S: type I</p><p>1904-S: type II</p><p>1909-S: type II</p><p><br /></p><p>If you haven&#039;t already been in contact with them, the Barber Coin Collectors&#039; Society would certainly be interested in this.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a guy at last weekend&#039;s big show with THE biggest selection of slabbed F-AU Barber halves I&#039;ve <i>ever</i> seen. I don&#039;t know where you&#039;ve been looking for your images, but if you haven&#039;t yet come across his corner of eBay, he sells under <b>amwldcoins</b>. All he has listed right now are seven 1901-S coins -- but the first one, <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-S-Barber-Half-Dollar-PCGS-VF30/293122131022?hash=item443f70c44e:g:GE0AAOSwC1hctksq" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-S-Barber-Half-Dollar-PCGS-VF30/293122131022?hash=item443f70c44e:g:GE0AAOSwC1hctksq" rel="nofollow">here</a>, looks to me to be a Type II! He also has <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-S-Barber-Half-G/303180511106?hash=item4696f77782:g:ZysAAOSwi0xZ-8lt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-S-Barber-Half-G/303180511106?hash=item4696f77782:g:ZysAAOSwi0xZ-8lt" rel="nofollow">one other one in G</a> that appears to be Type II.</p><p><br /></p><p>He also sells <a href="https://www.usacoinbook.com/search/?query=AmeriWorldcoins&amp;search=Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usacoinbook.com/search/?query=AmeriWorldcoins&amp;search=Search" rel="nofollow">here on usacoinbook.com</a>, and it looks like he has a lot more examples listed there. I haven&#039;t started digging through them, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I&#039;m going mostly by beak drapery and banner end as I look at these. For whatever reason, I can&#039;t seem to keep the two S shapes straight in my head -- they look different in your images, but when I look at a new image, it seems like I can often map it to <i>either</i> example, at least visually.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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