Barber Half Dollar Mintage

The Barber Half Dollar was introduced in 1892, along with two other similarly redesigned denominations. The obverse of the coin features the head of Liberty facing right in a Phrygian cap with a wreath of laurel. The reverse features a heraldic eagle, with talons clutching an olive branch and a bundle of arrows. The designer of the series was Charles E. Barber, for whom the coins are named. The series was preceded by the Liberty Seated design and following by the Walking Liberty design.

There were 24 different years when coins were produced, from 1892 to 1915 inclusive. Production took place at the Philadelphia Mint, Denver Mint, New Orleans Mint, and San Francisco Mint. There are a total of 73 different date and mint mark combinations.

Barber Half Dollar Notes:

• The total number of all coins struck for circulation was 135,898,329.
• One variety that is extremely difficult to locate is the 1892-O Micro O Barber Half Dollar, which instead of a regular sized mint mark, a mint mark sized for a quarter dollar was used on the reverse. The mintage for the 1892-O Micro O Barber Half Dollar is included in the mintage for the 1892-O Barber Half Dollar, with around 50 known examples across all grades.
• The 1899 Barber Half Dollar had the highest mintage of the series with 5,538,000 produced.
• The 1914 Barber Half had the lowest mintage at 124,230.
• The average mintage across all issues of the series is 1,861,621. This is computed based on the mintages for all date and mint mark combinations of the series.

Barber Half Dollar Mintages:

Issue	Mintage
1892	934,000
1892 Proof	1,245
1892-O	390,000
1892-S	1,029,028
1893	1,826,000
1893 Proof	792
1893-O	1,389,000
1893-S	740,000
1894	1,148,000
1894 Proof	972
1894-O	2,138,000
1894-S	4,048,960
1895	1,834,338
1895 Proof	880
1895-O	1,766,000
1895-S	1,108,086
1896	950,000
1896 Proof	762
1896-O	924,000
1896-S	1,140,948
1897	2,480,000
1897 Proof	731
1897-O	632,000
1897-S	933,900
1898	2,956,000
1898 Proof	735
1898-O	874,000
1898-S	2,358,550
1899	5,538,000
1899 Proof	846
1899-O	1,724,000
1899-S	1,686,411

Barber Half Dollar Mintages Continued:

Issue	Mintage
1900	4,762,000
1900 Proof	912
1900-O	2,744,000
1900-S	2,560,322
1901	4,268,000
1901 Proof	813
1901-O	1,124,000
1901-S	847,044
1902	4,922,000
1902 Proof	777
1902-O	2,526,000
1902-S	1,460,670
1903	2,278,000
1903 Proof	755
1903-O	2,100,000
1903-S	1,920,772
1904	2,992,000
1904 Proof	670
1904-O	1,117,600
1904-S	553,038
1905	662,000
1905 Proof	727
1905-O	505,000
1905-S	2,494,000
1906	2,638,000
1906 Proof	675
1906-D	4,028,000
1906-O	2,446,000
1906-S	1,740,154
1907	2,598,000
1907 Proof	575
1907-D	3,856,000
1907-O	3,946,000
1907-S	1,250,000

Barber Half Dollar Mintages Continued:

Issue	Mintage
1908	1,354,000
1908 Proof	545
1908-D	3,280,000
1908-O	5,360,000
1908-S	1,644,828
1909	2,368,000
1909 Proof	650
1909-O	925,400
1909-S	1,764,000
1910	418,000
1910 Proof	551
1910-S	1,948,000
1911	1,406,000
1911 Proof	543
1911-D	695,080
1911-S	1,272,000
1912	1,550,000
1912 Proof	700
1912-D	2,300,800
1912-S	1,370,000
1913	188,000
1913 Proof	627
1913-D	534,000
1913-S	604,000
1914	124,230
1914 Proof	380
1914-S	992,000
1915	138,000
1915 Proof	450
1915-D	1,170,400
1915-S	1,604,000