Barber Dimes Mintage

The Barber Dimes remain a series that is somewhat overlooked by collectors. During the 25 year span when the series was issued, there were numerous coins with lower mintages. Since these were not saved in any quantity, high mint state graded examples are extremely elusive. Although these coins carry premiums, they are low in comparison to coins of comparable rarity from other more popular series.

Barber Dimes

The designer of the Barber Dime was Charles E. Barber, who was serving as the chief sculptor at the United States Mint at the time the series was contemplated and eventually released. The obverse features the head of Liberty facing right, wearing a cap adorned with a band inscribed “Liberty” and a wreath with thirteen leaves. Many have drawn comparisons to the Morgan Dollars designed by Charles Morgan several years earlier. The reverse of the coin features an agricultural wreath with a central inscription of the denomination “One Dime”. This concept was carried over from the previous series.

For the Barber Dime series:

  • There were a total of 74 date and mint mark combinations. The dates range from 1892 to 1916. The mint facilities include Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and New Orleans.
  • The total number of circulation strike coins issued for the entire series is 504,515,051.
  • The average mintage for an issue of the series was 6,817,771.
  • The 1895-O Barber Dime has the lowest mintage at 440,000, and the 1907 has the highest mintage at 22,220,000.
  • During the course of the series, there were 13 separate issues with a mintage for circulation below the one million mark.

Barber Dime Mintages

IssueMintage
189212,120,000
1892-O3,841,700
1892-S990,710
18933,340,000
1893-O1,760,000
1893-S2,491,401
18941,330,000
1894-O720,000
1895690,000
1895-O440,000
1895-S1,120,000
18962,000,000
1896-O610,000
1896-S575,056
189710,868,533
1897-O666,000
1897-S1,342,844
189816,320,000
1898-O2,130,000
1898-S1,702,507
189919,850,000
1899-O2,650,000
1899-S1,867,493
190017,600,000
1900-O2,010,000
1900-S5,168,270
190118,859,665
1901-O5,620,000
1901-S593,022
190221,380,000
1902-O4,500,000
1902-S2,070,000
190319,500,000
1903-O8,180,000
1903-S613,300
190414,600,357
1904-S800,000
190514,551,623
1905-O3,400,000
1905-S6,855,199
190619,957,731
1906-D4,060,000
1906-O2,610,000
1906-S3,136,640
190722,220,000
1907-D4,080,000
1907-O5,058,000
1907-S3,178,470
190810,600,000
1908-D7,490,000
1908-O1,789,000
1908-S3,220,000
190910,240,000
1909-D954,000
1909-O2,287,000
1909-S1,000,000
191011,520,000
1910-D3,490,000
1910-S1,240,000
191118,870,000
1911-D11,209,000
1911-S3,520,000
191219,349,300
1912-D11,760,000
1912-S3,420,000
191319,760,000
1913-S510,000
191417,360,230
1914-D11,908,000
1914-S2,100,000
19155,620,000
1915-S960,000
191618,490,000
1916-S5,820,000

Source: BarberDimeCoins.com