1894-S Barber dime

Rare variety of the United States ten cent coin March 2025 United States Dime ($0.10) 0.10 U.S. dollars 2.50 0.705 17.9 0.053 1.35 Reeded 90% Silver, 10% Copper 1894 1894-S Barber dime.jpg 475 235 235 3 3 center Lady Liberty with cap and cropped hair Charles E. Barber 1892 1894-S Barber dime.jpg 475 235 235 3 238 center Wreath circling the words "ONE DIME" Charles E. Barber 1892 The 1894-S Barber dime is a dime produced in the United States Barber coinage. It is one of the rarest and most highly prized United States coins for collectors, along with the 1804 dollar and the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. One was sold in 2005 for $1.3 million,Another sold at auction in Tampa Florida on January 7th 2016 for $1.7 million. http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/Home/4/1/73/1023?articleID=48699 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927103400/http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/Home/4/1/73/1023?articleID=48699 dead September 27, 2013 1894-S Barber Dime Sells for $1.3 Million at Auction Scoop August 1, 2013 and another for $1.9 million in 2007.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMP 'I didn't eat and I didn't sleep' / Coin dealer flies dime worth $1.9 million to NYC San Francisco Chronicle Steve Rubenstein July 26, 2007 August 1, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070729195453/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F07%2F27%2FDIME.TMP July 29, 2007 dead Only 24 were minted, and of those, only nine are known to survive; all nine (as was the entire mintage) were proof coins; two are heavily worn impaired proofs. In 1957, one of the latter was found in a junk coin box at Gimbels Department Store, and purchased for $2.40. History In the first half of 1894, 24 Barber dimes were struck as proofs at the San Francisco Mint. Why only 24 of the coins were minted is unknown. The superintendent of the San Francisco Mint is said to have had them minted as gifts for some important bankers. Another theory is that the mint's annual audit showed a discrepancy of $2.40, so the dimes were struck to compensate for this. Three of the dimes were said to have been given to the superintendent's daughter, who allegedly spent one on a dish of ice cream and sold the other two in the 1950s.Blanchard and Company Why Collectors Dream of Owning an 1894-S Barber Dime https://coinweek.com/us-coins/why-collectors-dream-of-owning-an-1894-s-barber-dime/ CoinWeek.com 21 February 2019 CoinWeek, LLC. 21 September 2019 An entry in A Guide Book of United States Coins has a notation that five coins were reserved for assay.Yeoman R.S. Bressett Kenneth Bowers Q. David Garrett Jeff A Guide Book of United States Coins 2019 Whitman Publishing Pelham, Alabama 169 Value Due to the rarity of the coin and the mysteries surrounding its past, the 1894-S dime is one of the most valuable coins produced in the United States.https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts PCGS CoinFacts: Your Digital Encyclopedia of U.S. Coins PCGS In the late 1990s, one of the remaining 1894-S dimes was bought for $825,000. Since then they have sold for $1,035,000 in 2005; $1.3 million also in 2005; and $1.9 million in 2007. At a January 7, 2016, auction held by Heritage Auctions during the Florida United Numismatists show, the finest known example, graded Proof 66 by Professional Coin Grading Service with a green Certified Acceptance Corporation sticker, sold for $1,997,500.https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-1894-s-dime-worth-nearly-2-million-demystifying-steve?published=t Why is this 1894-S dime worth nearly $2 million? Demystifying the ice cream myth and understanding a rare U.S. coin Steve Roach January 12, 2016 LinkedIn In August 2019, another coin was sold at a Stack's Bowers Galleries auction in Chicago, Illinois, for $1,320,000.https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-J403W/1894-s-barber-dime-branch-mint-proof-63-pcgs-cac 1894-S Barber Dime. Branch Mint Proof-63 (PCGS). CAC. Stacks Bowers en 2019-08-20 The buyer was Dell Loy Hansen, then the owner of Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake.https://www.cnn.com/style/article/rare-dime-auction-trnd/index.html A 125-year-old dime just sold for $1.32 million Williams David 2019-08-19 CNN Style en 2019-08-20 References External links Coin Facts: 1894-S BARBER DIME 1894-S Dime A Mystery Unraveled! https://archive.today/20080919052339/http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=7975&si=123 1894-S Barber Dime Sells for $1.3 Million at Auction el Coin dealer flies dime worth $1.9 million to NYC Barber Dimes 1892-1916 1894-S Barber Dime - Information and Valuation Category:1894 in the United States Category:Currencies introduced in 1894 Category:Ten-cent coins