The 25 Days Of Barber Coins!!

To all of you Barber fan(atic)s out there I know a local dealer who has a complete date/mint set of Barber dimes in a Whitman album, if I remember correctly, he put together 30 years ago with all VF coins. I looked at the album one time at a coin show and it was, and maybe still is, for sale. They have beautiful album toning each and every one of them and it is quite a set to behold. I just didn't have the $6,000.00 he was asking for the complete set or I would have bought it and then put them in a Dansco album or a Capital Plastics holder.

Ed
ANA LM-3175

In 14 hundred, 92
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
And 18 hundred, 92
Saw Barber coins come out, 'tis true.

Dimes, Quarters, Halves, all much the same.
Most folk shun them, I do not blame
Those unbelieving, heathen folk
Who do not know t'take a joke.

So post away, believers true,
You sorry, sordid lot.
To please us all with treasures nice:
"Just show us what you GOT!"

I don't think I have any Barbers, but I'm looking forward to a great show.

I think I have one dime and one half soo....

Ah, Matt-Vinnie, you've done it again!!

The following three links will take you to the best online
references for the Barber coins.

http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index...arber-dimes/

http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index...er-quarters/

http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index...rber-halves/

A few words about "Uncle Dave:"

About David Lawrence
IN MEMORY...8/4/1941 - 5/25/2002 David Lawrence Rare Coins was founded in 1979 in Hollywood, Florida by David Lawrence Feigenbaum. That was the year the Hunt Brothers attempted to corner the world silver market and coin prices went wild. Naturally the business got off to a good start and we haven't looked back since. Dave's interest in coins began in the early 1950's in New York City, when interesting coins were still circulating. As a young numismatist, he was intrigued by the Barber coinage (dimes, quarters and halves named for the designer) which appeared occasionally, but only in low grades. Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, Liberty Standing quarters and Walking Liberty halves could also be found and Morgan dollars were still available at the bank! Later, Dave continued collecting while he pursued a Ph.D. in Oceanography, but eventually started buying and selling on a regular basis at local coin shows. The business was officially launched in 1979 as a part-time venture out of his home and, in 1988 he left University life completely and opened a full time office in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In September of 1996, Dave was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He fought bravely for nearly six years but eventually succumbed and passed away on May 25, 2002. Dave is survived by his wife, Lynn; children, Nancy and John; and 5 grandchildren. All who knew Dave were better off for the encounter. Since his passing we've had dozens of letters from collectors whose love of numismatics was stoked by Dave's passion of the hobby.

And a few words about my own dealings:

While I never met Dave nor his son John, the son and I did cross paths.
I had bought an 1896-S Dime from DLRC and nine months later I noticed something strange about it. On the reverse were several die cracks. I turned to my hard copy of the Guide to Dimes and sure enough, Dave noted that one example had exhibited several die cracks.
Well, I grabbed a photo of "my' dime and a control example from the DLRC site and prepared an article for our Journal. Eileen, my editor, contacted these folks. (We go back a long time, the DLRC and the BCCS.) We sought permission to print their pictures.
When the request reached John he simply said, "Sure, why not?"

Last May, at the New Hampshire Coin Expo in Manchester, I met Harry Miller from Miller's Mint. It was from him that I obtained an 1886 and a 1912-S "V" Nickel. He took some time to talk to me about his friendship with David Lawrence.
Without going into details, both personal and tearful, let me say that this was the highlight of my May trip.
The man whose work I had long admired became alive by listening to the memories of his friend.

So, dear members, while I may post some odd-ball poetry from time to time I am really a romantic at heart.
We Barber collectors are a strange lot.

1892 Quarter:

This is the coin I purchased that got me back into coin collecting and to start a MS quality 7070. It's also the same reason I went on a "crackin out" spree when I finally saved up enough money to get it graded by PCGS they bodybagged it.