1901 Barber Dimes
Way back in 1879, people of the United States were pretty dissatisfied with the image of the coin design.. Accepting the public opinion, Mint engravers were advised to submit new designs through the early 1980s. The Chief Engraver at that time was none other than Charles Barber who designed a nickel
The Barber 1901 dime is named for its designer, Charles E. Barber, who was Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint from 1879 to 1917. What Barber did was to simply modify the large head used on the Morgan dollar by adding Liberty cap and cropped Liberty`s hair shorter in back. He then placed his initial B on the truncation of the neck. The reverse uses almost exactly the same wreath used on the Seated Liberty dime of 1860-91.
The Barber 1901 dime features an image of Liberty on obverse side. She is shown to be wearing a Phrygian cap, a laurel wreath with a ribbon, and a headband with the inscription `LIBERTY.` on it. The reverse contained a wreath and inscription almost identical to the one used on the final design of the Seated Liberty dime. The 1901 Barber Dimes O&S are both hard to obtain. The 1901-O is available to some extent, but comes with a much softer strike than either of the other two.
A 1901 Barber Dime is 17.9 Milimeters in diameter with a reeded edge, minted in Philadelphia and weighing 2.5 grams.Its contents are 90% silver and 10% copper and has a coin circulation of 18,859,665. A G4 grade is supposed to be good with date and letters plain and the word LIBERTY is obliterated. The EF40 Extremely fine dime is one in which all the letters in the world LIBERTY are sharp and distinct and the head band is also distinct.
A must for all coin collectors.