Barber Quarters Varieties

Key Dates Mintage Key Dates Mintage 1909 S VDB 484,000 1909 S 1,825,000 1914 D 1,193,000 1931 S 866,000 Semi-Key Dates Mintage 1910 S 6,045,000 1911 S 4,026,000 1912 S 4,431,000 1913 S 6,101,000 1914 S 4,137,000 1915 S 4,833,000 1922 D 7,160,000 1923 S 8,700,000 1924 D 2,520,000 1926 S 4,550,000 1931 S 4,480,000…

COIN SPECIFICATIONS One of our club’s young numismatists asked the following question:  why are U.S. coins the sizes and weights they are?   The answer is that the sizes and weights of U.S. coins weren’t chosen randomly. They come from a mix of history, practicality, metal values, and standardization. Here’s the breakdown: 1. Early Coinage &…

I was recently asked to review a couple hundred ‘error’ coins.  Though many were marked as Double Die, not one coin was a true Doubled Die.  These coins were all the result of strike doubling.  Strike doubling is one of the many terms (a.k.a. shelf, shift, or machine doubling) used to describe a doubling effect…