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In 1915, Mint officials began plans to replace them once the design's minimum term expired in 1916. The Mint issued Barber dimes and quarters in 1916 to meet commercial demand, but before the end of the year, the Mercury dime, Standing Liberty quarter, and Walking Liberty half dollar had begun production.
It’s believed that only 250 of these dimes are around today. One incredible example of this coin sold at auction for $1,145,625 in 2013. 1894-S PR66 BM Barber Dime
Here are 10 U.S. dimes that may have some additional value due to their rarity or uniqueness, listed from oldest to newest: 10 Valuable U.S. Dimes Still in Circulation 1. 1965 Roosevelt Dime, No ...
Barber Dime United States Clapp, Eliasberg, Richmond Heritage Auctions: January 2016 $1,997,500 1927 $20 United States Duckor Heritage Auctions: January 2014 $1,997,500 1792 Silver Center J-1 Pattern United States Norweb Heritage Auctions: August 2014 $1,980,000 1874 Bickford $10 Pattern PR-65+ United States Simpson Heritage Auctions January 2022
The 1894-S Barber dime is a dime produced in the United States Barber coinage. It is one of the rarest and most highly prized United States coins for collectors, along with the 1804 dollar and the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. One was sold in 2005 for $1.3 million, [1] and another for $1.9 million in 2007. [2]
The early dimes were 90% silver and 10% copper, but rising silver prices caused the Mint to change the mix to 75% copper and 25% nickel in the 1960s. The vast majority of Roosevelt Dimes are worth ...
This table represents the mintage figures of circulating coins produced by the United States Mint since 1887. This list does not include formerly-circulating gold coins, commemorative coins, or bullion coins.
The composition (90% silver, 10% copper) and diameter (17.9 millimeters) of the "Mercury" dime was unchanged from the Barber dime. Weinman (who had studied under Augustus Saint-Gaudens ) won a 1915 competition against two other artists for the design job, and is thought to have modeled his version of Liberty on Elsie Kachel Stevens, wife of ...