Barber Dime (1892-1916)

The Barber Dime was minted from 1892 to 1916. The same design was used on the quarter and half dollar.

Designer: Charles E. Barber

Composition: .900 Silver, .100 Copper

History
Many people started to dislike the Seated coinage in 1879. Many designs were made in the 1880s for the new coinage, but the Mint thought they could be better. They appointed Charles Barber to create a new design.

All of the designers had large egos, thinking they were better than anyone else. A panel of 10 designers chose the best design. The Mint Director opened the competition to the public after he saw what they chose. (He didn't approve of it.) There were over 300 drawings sent in, but only 2 were "worthy of honorable mention". They still didn't like the designs, so they made Charles Barber make it.

Barber made the design by using the Morgan Dollar design, but adding a cap and cutting the hair shorter. His initials are on the neck of Miss Liberty. The reverse is almost identical to the Seated Liberty Coinage from 1860 to 1891. Barber made this design so that it would be easy to strike and be able to strike fast.

The first Barber Dimes were produced on January 2, 1892. There are no exceptional rarities, but 1894-S and maybe even 1895-O. The 1894-S is legendary in the coin collecting world. The San Francisco Mint made only 24, but only 9 are known to exist today. The 1895-O dime is buyable, but it is expensive with only 440,000 being made.

Year-By-Year Guide
 1892-12,100,000 1892-O-3,841,700 1892-S-990,710

 1893-3,339,940 1893-O-1,760,000 1893-S-2,491,401

 1894-1,330,000 1894-O-720,000 1894-S-24

 1895-690,000 1895-O-440,000 1895-S-1,120,000

 1896-2,000,000 1896-O-610,000 1896-S-575,056

 1897-10,868,533 1897-O-666,000 1897-S-1,342,844

 1898-16,320,000 1898-O-2,130,000 1898-S-1,702,507

 1899-19,580,000 1899-O-2,650,000 1899-S-1,867,493

 1900-17,600,000 1900-O-2,010,000 1900-S-5,168,270

 1901-18,859,665 1901-O-5,620,000 1901-S-593,022

 1902-21,380,000 1902-O-4,500,000 1902-S-2,070,000

 1903-19,500,000 1903-O-8,180,000 1903-S-613,300

 1904-14,600,357 1904-S-800,000

 1905-14,551,623 1905-O-3,400,000 1905-S-6,855,199

 1906-19,957,731 1906-D-4,060,000 1906-O-2,610,000

 1906-S-3,136,640

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1907-22,200,000 1907-D-4,080,000 1907-O-5,058,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1907-S-3,178,470

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1908-10,600,000 1908-D-7,490,000 1908-O-1,789,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1908-S-3,220,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1909-10,240,000 1909-D-954,000 1909-O-2,287,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1909-S-1,000,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1910-11,520,000 1910-D-3,490,000 1910-S-1,240,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1911-18,870,000 1911-D-11,209,000 1911-S-3,520,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1912-19,349,300 1912-D-11,760,000 1912-S-3,420,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1913-19,760,000 1913-S-510,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1914-17,360,230 1914-D-11,908,000 1914-S-2,100,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1915-5,620,000 1915-S-960,000

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> 1916-18,490,000 1916-S-5,280,000 == Resources == PCGS Photograde (Images)

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