Who Was Barry Donnell?

It might be O'Donnell, and that may be as a form of provenance. In auctions they often mention the name of a prolific collector of for this instance say coins. It might be from part of his collection. Some people who have rather deep pockets have museum quality/size collections. There is a guy in Russia who has a large amount of Faberge objects and other antiquities, if his stuff was sold after death-they'd probably say next we have a Faberge egg from Mr.****'s collection.

I would be guessing but I believe it's Barry O'Donnell, google him he was an accomplished man.

P.s. Can we see the coin? or what coin did you get?

For those who care to see the coin:

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...9&lotNo=8073

Highly Collectible 1895-O Dime, Choice AU58 PCGS
1895-O 10C AU58 PCGS. The 1895-O is the key issue in the Barber dime series (except, of course, for the prohibitively rare 1894-S). Only 440,000 pieces were struck, and high grade examples, such as this, are very elusive. This is a brilliant specimen that retains most of the original mint luster and is sharply defined throughout. There are no large or obvious abrasions on either side, just the small marks and "fuzzy" appearance one associates with light circulation. Population: 7 in 58, 25 finer (3/04).
From The Barry Donnell Collection.(#4807) (Registry values: N2998) (NGC ID# 23DW, PCGS# 4807)

westcoion, the dates you gave are a match to the piece.

The man from whom I bought the coin paid $4,225 and wanted $4,750. The Heritage Auction
was around $6,000+ so someone fell on bad times.
I have never regretted buying it.

Heritage has not since offered one of better quality in AU 58.

Thanks, all.