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I, too, like the Barber series, and have been putting a little more concentration toward them here lately.

I've got all but the 1892-O, 1892-S, and 1893-S Barber halves - still missing 7 of the Barber quarters to complete that set, and need 15 of the Barber dimes to complete that set.

I think they are under-appreciated right now, but given all the new collectors coming on line with the start of the State Quarters and the Presidential dollars, it's posible that, given time, alot of those new collectors will take an interest in the Barber series since, for the most part, they are relatively easy to come by at an affordable price.

Ralph

The only ones I own are in my 7070, here's the pics.

http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/...halves1a.jpg

http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/...halves2a.jpg

http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/...lves3a-1.jpg

These aren't as fancy as some of the ones some of you other guys have. These belong to a friend of mine, who got them from an uncle who passed away. He may want to sell them in the future, but I want him to get a fair price. I can't show the backs of them, because they are in an album in a safe deposit box now, but I imagine the reverse of them have approximately the same wear as the obverse. They are pretty nice though. Wish I had them!

Nope Jeffery, Barber coinage only consists of the Dime, Quarter, and Half Dollar.

In high grades, they actually look quite different. In low grades however, I suppose I could see the resemblence.

They're usually referred to as ' Liberty nickels', or ' V nickels'. Key date is 1885, I think.

rohumpy, yes, G to VG probably is the grade on most, and maybe there is a fine in there or maybe even a VF, but that's pushing it. I think he has a set of dimes and quarters to in the Barber series. I bought a Buffalo nickel set from him, just because it was about what I could afford. He didn't have them all, but enough to make it fun. He also has a SLQs in a set, a Walking Liberty set, a Large cent set, and more. Man, I wish I had an uncle who would leave me that kind of find. Wouldn't that be fun! I approximated the worth of the whole set, and I said $12,000 to $20,000. I may be way off, but that's what I came up with. I told him, just hold on to them, and when the kids get ready for college - 8 to 10 years, then sell them and help with college expenses if you don't want them, or sell them now - coins are really HOT right now. What do you think?