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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;invictus, post: 440121, member: 9973&quot;]You wouldn&#039;t believe how hard these are to locate. In fact, few people have ever heard of the $3 coin bearing the Barber design because it was only intended for use in intergovernmental transactions. Rather than utilize the gold that was an important fundamental of our own currency, large silver coins were struck and transferred instead. Since these were only to appear in the dark corners of strictly-guarded coffers, it&#039;s easy to understand why few would have heard of, let alone seen, such a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>After much research and sleuthing, I determined that my best chance at getting a crack at one of these would be to locate an example of the $3 which had never been deposited into one of those official stockpiles. But how? Once I thought of it, the answer was incredibly obvious in retrospect- seek out descendants of international financiers of the time, and insinuate myself into their graces. The greatest likelihood of success, in my estimation, would be with the famous Rothschilds. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I made my way across Europe with images of the giant Barber coin dancing in my head at night, while bedbugs danced across the sheets of my hostel beds. After some tough trekking and a good flea dip, I arrived in Austria, ready to talk my way into the good graces of people who could pay off my mortgage with the change found in their used kleenex. My German being so poor, I&#039;m not even sure that my line of BS was the same for the receiver as it had come out of the speaker. Nonetheless, my pidgin German was having its intended effect, and eventually I had an opportunity to see the largest private collection of $3 Barbers in the world (ok, I don&#039;t know for sure, but have you heard of any other collections of them? Me neither). </p><p><br /></p><p>To cut this story to the chase, after much more pidgin German was spoken, I was eventually allowed to take a fairly worn coin for myself, one which had been embedded in the banister of one of the waitstaff staircases for decades. Apparently they had become bored of the design? Whatever! I accepted!</p><p><br /></p><p>I will post a pic as soon as possible, my camera is giving me some problems, as they always seem to do when someone has an earthshattering coin to share. :computer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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