Barber Half Dollars 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.

For the Barber Half Dollar series:

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.

  • The total number of all coins struck for circulation was 135,898,329.
  • 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

IssueMintage
1892934,000
1892-O390,000
1892-S1,029,028
18931,826,000
1893-O1,389,000
1893-S740,000
18941,148,000
1894-O2,138,000
1894-S4,048,960
18951,834,338
1895-O1,766,000
1895-S1,108,086
1896950,000
1896-O924,000
1896-S1,140,948
18972,480,000
1897-O632,000
1897-S933,900
18982,956,000
1898-O874,000
1898-S2,358,550
18995,538,000
1899-O1,724,000
1899-S1,686,411
19004,762,000
1900-O2,744,000
1900-S2,560,322
19014,268,000
1901-O1,124,000
1901-S847,044
19024,922,000
1902-O2,526,000
1902-S1,460,670
19032,278,000
1903-O2,100,000
1903-S1,920,772
19042,992,000
1904-O1,117,600
1904-S553,038
1905662,000
1905-O505,000
1905-S2,494,000
19062,638,000
1906-D4,028,000
1906-O2,446,000
1906-S1,740,154
19072,598,000
1907-D3,856,000
1907-O3,946,000
1907-S1,250,000
19081,354,000
1908-D3,280,000
1908-O5,360,000
1908-S1,644,828
19092,368,000
1909-O925,400
1909-S1,764,000
1910418,000
1910-S1,948,000
19111,406,000
1911-D695,080
1911-S1,272,000
19121,550,000
1912-D2,300,800
1912-S1,370,000
1913188,000
1913-D534,000
1913-S604,000
1914124,230
1914-S992,000
1915138,000
1915-D1,170,400
1915-S1,604,000

Source: Barber Half Dollars