1908 BARBER HALF DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 6512, 6555
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,354,000
Proofs: 545
Designer: Charles E. Barber
Diameter: ±30.6 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±12.5 grams
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) just below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-66. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
,
Lot 510, illustrated, sold for $4,830.00 From the Philadelphia
Family Collection
PCGS Proof-65. Ex - Bowers &
Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II",
March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1780 sold for $2,415.00
PCGS Proof-64. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
,
Lot 511, illustrated, sold for $1,840.00 From the Luther A. Breck
Collection
NGC MS-65. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 6276, illustrated, sold for $2702.50
Notes:
"When we wrote The Complete
Guide to Barber Halves in 1991 we didn't quantify the rarity ratings as we
are doing in this book. It turns out that most of the dates have the same
rating they had in 1991, but 1908 is an exception. All four dates have
increased in rarity: 1908-P from R2 [Common] to R3 [Scarce].
1908-P has a low mintage for a P-mint
and this turns out to be the trend for the rest of the series. This coin
comes nice, as evidenced by the high number of MS 66 and MS 67 graded."1
The finest Uncirculated
examples graded by PCGS are 4 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 3 PR-68's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, January 2002" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
1. "The Complete Guide To Certified Barber Coinage" by David
& John Feigenbaum
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