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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 7864586, member: 43872&quot;]I agree that Barber quarters were engineered better.&nbsp; And yes, the dates wore off buffalo nickles quickly, as did those on SL quarters, especially the early ones.&nbsp; Barber coins usually have to be pretty worn before the date is gone.&nbsp; As for the steps and windows on Jefferson nickels, this was definitely a design flaw, and many were already missing when they were struck.&nbsp; That is why the FS designation is so sought after.</p><p><br /></p><p>But engineering was not the only factor.&nbsp; For one thing, the series only lasted 24 years and was quickly removed by collectors.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know where Mac was looking, but in my years of wrapping coins for a bank, from about 1961-65, I never found a Barber anything, even though AG to VG 1916 Mercury dimes were not uncommon.&nbsp; We got our coins from the Federal Reserve in bags of $1000 for the silver ones, and I probably looked through about three or four hundred thousand silver coins.&nbsp; (There was one hoard of halves brought in to the bank that contained mostly WLs and some Barbers, but the man who hoarded them had done so since the Depression because he didn&#039;t trust banks or paper.&nbsp; His heirs found the box under his bed.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t actually see the Barbers, so I don&#039;t know their condition.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, the amount and type of circulation definitely makes a difference.&nbsp; I doubt Barbers in the 1800s were often put into vending machines or mechanical counters, which became common in the 20th Century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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