Barber Dimes Date Set, Circulation Strikes (1892-1916) Current Finest List

The Barber dime series is one filled with legend and romance. There’s the image of little Hallie Daggett skipping down the street in to spend one of her 1894-S dimes her father gave her on a dish of ice cream. There’s the story of the national contest to find a new dime design, only to have the entrants dismissed as “wretched failures.” The Barber Dime date set (like most date sets) contains no major rarities, but several dates carry a premium. Most notably, the 1895 will be considerably tougher than the average date and the 1894 and 1896 will prove slightly more difficult.