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1894-S Barber dime

Rare variety of the United States ten cent coin

Field	Value
Country	United States
Denomination	Dime ($0.10)
Value	0.10
Unit	U.S. dollars
Mass	2.50
Diameter_inch	0.705
Diameter	17.9
Thickness_inch	0.053
Thickness	1.35
Edge	Reeded
Composition	90% Silver, 10% Copper
Years of Minting	1894
Obverse
Obverse Design	Lady Liberty with cap and cropped hair
Obverse Designer	Charles E. Barber
Obverse Design Date	1892
Reverse
Reverse Design	Wreath circling the words "ONE DIME"
Reverse Designer	Charles E. Barber
Reverse Design Date	1892

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, Another sold at auction in Tampa Florida on January 7th 2016 for $1.7 million. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927103400/http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/Home/4/1/73/1023?articleID=48699 | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 27, 2013 and another for $1.9 million in 2007. |url-status=dead Only 24 were minted, and of those, only nine are known to survive; all nine (as was the entire mintage) were proof coins; two are heavily worn impaired proofs. In 1957, one of the latter was found in a junk coin box at Gimbels Department Store, and purchased for $2.40.

History

In the first half of 1894, 24 Barber dimes were struck as proofs at the San Francisco Mint. An entry in A Guide Book of United States Coins has a notation that five coins were reserved for assay.

Value

Due to the rarity of the coin and the mysteries surrounding its past, the 1894-S dime is one of the most valuable coins produced in the United States. In the late 1990s, one of the remaining 1894-S dimes was bought for $825,000. Since then they have sold for $1,035,000 in 2005; $1.3 million also in 2005; and $1.9 million in 2007. At a January 7, 2016, auction held by Heritage Auctions during the Florida United Numismatists show, the finest known example, graded Proof 66 by Professional Coin Grading Service with a green Certified Acceptance Corporation sticker, sold for $1,997,500. The buyer was Dell Loy Hansen, then the owner of Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake.

References

Blanchard and Company. (21 February 2019). "Why Collectors Dream of Owning an 1894-S Barber Dime". CoinWeek, LLC..
(2019). "A Guide Book of United States Coins". Whitman Publishing.
"PCGS CoinFacts: Your Digital Encyclopedia of U.S. Coins".
Roach, Steve. (January 12, 2016). "Why is this 1894-S dime worth nearly $2 million? Demystifying the ice cream myth and understanding a rare U.S. coin".
Williams, David. (2019-08-19). "A 125-year-old dime just sold for $1.32 million".

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