1892-1916 Barber Quarter Coin Guide
The 1913-S Barber Quarter (Buy on eBay) has the lowest mintage of the entire series with only 40,000 coins produced. This represents the last of the three lower mintage San Francisco coins generally considered to be key dates of the Barber Quarter series. Despite the extremely low mintage, this issue is not as scarce as […]
The 1909-O Barber Quarter (Buy on eBay) is not generally considered to be a key date, however it is often difficult to acquire. The mintage of the coin was 712,000 pieces, however most of these spent a considerable amount of time in circulation. As such few survive in grades higher than EF. This was also […]
The 1901-S Barber Quarter (Buy on eBay) is known as the “King of Barber Coinage” due to its status as the rarest regular issue coin across the Barber Dime, Quarter, and Half Dollar series. Many consider the 1901-S Quarter to be the rarest non-gold United States coin of the entire 20th century. The issue had […]
The 1896-S Barber Quarter (Buy on eBay) is the first of a trio San Francisco Mint coins, which comprise the most difficult issues of the series. This coin had a mintage of 188,039 pieces. Around the time of release, few people along the west coast bothered to save the issue despite the low mintage. As […]
The Barber Quarter was minted from 1892 to 1916. For the initial portion of the series from 1892 until 1903, coins were struck each year at the New Orleans and San Francisco Mints. From 1906 until the end of the series, production took place at the Denver Mint for most years. After 1909, no further […]