Barber Quarters

  [The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David Lawrence. This information was originally published in 1994 in The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters.]

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The Barber quarter takes its design from the Barber half. The evolution of both designs can be seen in the pattern coinage of the half dollar, illustrated… Continued...

  [The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David Lawrence. This information was originally published in 1994 in The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters.]

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Major Hub Changes
The Barber quarter hubs were changed in 1892 to allow the coins to stack better and again in 1900 because the type… Continued...

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David Lawrence. This information was originally published in 1994 in The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters.]
 
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The Barber quarter series is easy to grade in circulated condition but, like many U.S. coins, the strike must be taken into consideration. Coins from the New Orleans Mint are often weakly… Continued...

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David Lawrence. This information was originally published in 1994 in The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters.]
 
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 Estimating Scarcity
As every coin collector knows, scarcity is not always consistent with original mintage figures. Over the years some dates get lost, melted or, like the first year of… Continued...

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David Lawrence. This information was originally published in 1994 in The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters.]
 
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Error Coinage
Major errors in Barber quarters are very scarce and I have seen very few. Shown here are two off- center coins courtesy of John Christensen of Excelsior Galleries… Continued...