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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4517842, member: 105571"]The dimes, quarters and half dollars have always been working money during the entirety of the 19th and early 20th century. So the Barbers were used extensively in trade and since the design was considered by many at the time as kind of "ho-hum", collectors didn't seek them out for preservation (I can't prove that last contention, I have merely assimilated it from others opinions and comments). Silver dollars, however, were mostly used in international trade and thus shipped overseas or were bank-bagged to support the money standard. And then, the western silver mining interests caused Congress and thus the mint to make millions of Morgans that nobody wanted so millions of uncirculated dollars were put away in bank bags in vaults.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, there are lots and lots of mint state slabbed Barber dimes, quarters and half dollars but nice ones get pricey quickly because there is some demand that the supply can't quite satisfy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know where you've been looking but I see MS and PR slabbed Barbers all the time at Heritage Auctions and Great Collections Auctions. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can get somewhat of a feel for what's available by visiting the PCGS and NGC population reports for the Barber series. Pick a common date and grade(s) and look up the population of slabbed coins. This won't account for raw coins but you didn't really exhibit an interest in those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4517842, member: 105571"]The dimes, quarters and half dollars have always been working money during the entirety of the 19th and early 20th century. So the Barbers were used extensively in trade and since the design was considered by many at the time as kind of "ho-hum", collectors didn't seek them out for preservation (I can't prove that last contention, I have merely assimilated it from others opinions and comments). Silver dollars, however, were mostly used in international trade and thus shipped overseas or were bank-bagged to support the money standard. And then, the western silver mining interests caused Congress and thus the mint to make millions of Morgans that nobody wanted so millions of uncirculated dollars were put away in bank bags in vaults. Having said that, there are lots and lots of mint state slabbed Barber dimes, quarters and half dollars but nice ones get pricey quickly because there is some demand that the supply can't quite satisfy. I don't know where you've been looking but I see MS and PR slabbed Barbers all the time at Heritage Auctions and Great Collections Auctions. You can get somewhat of a feel for what's available by visiting the PCGS and NGC population reports for the Barber series. Pick a common date and grade(s) and look up the population of slabbed coins. This won't account for raw coins but you didn't really exhibit an interest in those.[/QUOTE]
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