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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sshafer11, post: 1925117, member: 67540&quot;]I understand the point, I just think from a comparative standpoint the coins are overpriced. They are obviously tough to find problem free in decent condition. They circulated hard and were usually cleaned when collected. I just don&#039;t understand why an AU barber costs well over $300 when you can find 19th century coins of many types, as well as Seated Halves for the same if not less money in decent circulated grades. I just have never personally known someone in my area who collects Barber halves in higher grade so I was a little curious about where the popularity factor was coming from.</p><p>Obviously there is a collector base though, as some have indicated.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I have wondered myself if part of the inflated value is a deceptive scarcity especially in grades above F.&nbsp; I have wondered &quot;problem free&quot; pieces that exist are G and VG, and thus a nice piece is quite a bit rarer than mintages and population estimates can suggest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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