Wanting To Start A Barber Dime Collection

A very underappreciated series IMHO. I once had the complete set -the 1894-S of course. There are a couple of "hurdle" coins but most are obtainable even with a smaller budget.
Good luck :-)

Two albums is never a bad idea lol.

But if youre already thinking f/vf as you get into it more you will likely wish you did that if you go g/vg. Then you either have to do two albums or sell the lower grades.

I would do f/vf since youve already started thinking that. I believe its better to build the album slowly with something you really like then to just try and hole fill with the intention of upgrading later. Its cheaper in the long run to just do it how you want from the start

Also if anyone on here is looking to move some barbers I would be interested.

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I don't know how I missed this thread. I'm happy to hear you are interested in Barber dimes. I will warn you now however, they are very addicting. I am still far from an expert on them but they've been my obsession and passion for a while now and I'm starting to get the hang of it. also, if you want to read (and participate if you'd like) it we have been discussing various Barber dime related things in this thread.
https://goccf.com/t/171359&whichpage=1

just carl,
What you say is true up to a point. But if NICE examples are sought then the search takes longer. While there may be 3 or 4 examples of the 1895-o being offered, sometimes not one is worth buying. While a given coin show may offer all 74 examples of the series many will be questionable, problematic or both. Eye appeal has a role to play as well.

OkCents82,
If you set your profile to "accept email" then you will be able to receive, although not send, messages. It has worked for me to establish contacts with whom I share an interest in Barber dimes.

Today at a show I was advised to start a second collection with my extras, but one is enough for me. I have already sold/traded the extras. I did find an upgrade so the day was a success. Especially so because the dealer took my old example off my hands.
A $69 dollar dime marked down to $60 plus $20 credit for old example = net purchase price of $40.

Indeed, in higher grades some of them are very hard to find. baseballs been looking for a higher circulated grade 1896 o for quite some time and I cant find a 1897 o in ms that's acceptable to me for the price.
matthew, which one did you upgrade? I'm dying to know what you found.

justin,
It was a 1909-O in XF. Mine was a VF, but had toning that even I could not accept.

paddy,
An ambitious choice of sets!
The CDN newsletter listing for a completed set in good or better:

Nickels - bid $1,300 - ask $1,450
Dimes - bid $1,100 - ask $1,200

At the rate of 2 coins a month for 24 months you will be
spending $110 a month. However, 2 per month for 36 months
reduces the monthly expenditure to $72 per month.
If it makes sense to you, you can select a comfortable budget and save the 'extra' money
to be put towards the higher priced coins.

If you use the second approach, your Barber dimes will ALL be 100 years old
or older in 2016. All kids are fascinated by this age.

I have a 1904 dime in VF with nice appeal. PM me if interested.