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Finding the Price Point for Barber Dimes

When it comes to collecting coins with the Barber design, there are plenty of fans for the larger two denominations, the quarter and half dollar. These bigger Barbers have some real aficionados when it comes to collecting, based on the eye appeal and other nuances within the various grades of Mint State. There is even a Barber Coin Collectors’ Society for serious followers. Yet somewhat left behind or in the shadows are the little siblings of the trio, the Barber dimes.

Issued from 1892 up to 1916,

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