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today we're going to look at the 1913
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the coin was graded by NGC and we
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cropped the video close so that you can
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guess what the grade of the coin is
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leave your guess in the comments below
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with exceptions here and there the nime
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denomination saw steady periods of
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production growth since the mid-1870s
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of course when we think about one of the
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great Rarities in American numismatics
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we think of the 1894 s Barber dime and
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its mintage of 24. but that coin really
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is an outlier as in most years and at
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most mints the dime was produced in
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numbers well in excess of 1 million
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as the 19th century turned into the 20th
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century the demand for the dime only
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increased during this period it would
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not be unusual for the Philadelphia men
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to churn out 10 million or more Barber
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dimes in any given year 1913 fits among
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a cluster of heavy vintage Barber dates
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when 19 760 struck and it's therefore
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considered to be a type coin
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Barber's design is a mirror image
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reflection of George T Morgan's Liberty
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aka Miss Anna Willis Williams
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a liberty cap or is it a shower cap
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conceals her flowing hair
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the reverse is a slight revision of
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longacre's cereal wreath design which
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numismatists in the 19th century
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referred to as the Newland wreath of
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cereals after who knows perhaps 19th
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Century Philadelphia numismus is Terrell
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well whoever it was the reason has been
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lost to time and so has the name I like
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longacre's wreath more than I like
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Barber's Liberty as I find the design
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when reduced to the size of a dime is
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too busy for such a small area
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it seems to me that Barber's design
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comes off much better in the quarter or
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half dollar on the dime it is too
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delicate too many fine details that seem
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I think I know why if you look at the
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obverse of the Barber dime you see the
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word Liberty is inscribed in tiny
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letters from the D Adam or crown
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it's so small you'd be forgiven for not
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noticing that it's there
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wrapping around the coin is the legend
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United States of America with the date
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and you see that when you go to the
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reverse the Long Acre design the only
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text that's present is the denomination
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encircled by the wreath basically the
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reverse is undesigned
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this wreath Motif traces its roots back
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to the start of American coinage and
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then back into European coinage
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it's a sort of coiner's clip art if you
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so then I think about the barber Diamond
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how it compares to the Roosevelt dime or
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even the Mercury Diamond you see how
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much design language was implemented on
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the reverse versus this uh
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simplistic reverse of the barber dive
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Barber dime says is the case with all
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dimes have a fairly strong following
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collectible coins are available in
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grades from good to Mint state
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in 1960 you could have purchased a mint
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State barber Diamond accommodate for
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today they're worth considerably more
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a 1913 Barbara Diamond Au can trade for
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while mint State examples can sell for
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several hundreds up to a thousand
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dollars or more depending on the state
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so what grade do you think this Barber
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I'd love to know your thoughts you can
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leave them in the comments below and
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then one week I'll come back and reveal
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that NGC gave the coin for coin week I'm
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editor Charles Morgan until next time
