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Welcome to the Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC)

Welcome to the Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC). Gerry Fortin, LSCC Regional Program Chair. 1785: Born in Hanover, PA (South-central PA) Clockmaker, inventor, die maker and engraver 1811: Moved to Philadelphia 1823: Applied for Chief Engraver 1835-1840: Second Engraver

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Welcome to the Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC)

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  1. Welcome to the Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) Gerry Fortin, LSCC Regional Program Chair

  2. 1785: Born in Hanover, PA (South-central PA) Clockmaker, inventor, die maker and engraver 1811: Moved to Philadelphia 1823: Applied for Chief Engraver 1835-1840: Second Engraver 1840-1844: Chief Engraver Patterns, medals, regular issue Liberty Seated coinage Christian Gobrecht (1785-1844)

  3. Reverses Half dimes and dimes wreath and laurel, legend, and denomination later wreath of agricultural products Other denominations – eagle with shield, olive branch, and arrows Liberty Seated Design and DenominationsMinted 1837-1891 Obverse • Liberty in a flowing dress seated on rock • Shield symbolizes defense • Pole with cap symbolizing freedom (Liberty Cap) • 13 stars = 13 colonies

  4. Liberty Seated Half Dimes • Minted from 1837-1873 at three mints • Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco • Five Major Design Changes • No Obverse Stars (1837-1838) • Obverse Stars, No Drapery (1838-1840) • Obverse Stars, With Drapery (1840-1853 and 1856-1859) • With Arrows at Date (1853-1855) • With Obverse Legend (1860-1873)

  5. Liberty Seated Half Dimes • Complete business strike set contains 70 coins • Difficulty level: Challenging • Key coins: 1846, 1853-O No Arrows • Semi-keys: 1844-O, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1867 • Die variety collecting becoming more popular The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dimes Al Blythe, DLRC Press 1992

  6. Liberty Seated Dimes • Minted from 1837-1891 at four mints • Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco and Carson City • Six Major Design Changes • No Obverse Stars (1837-1838) • Obverse Stars, No Drapery (1838-1840) • Obverse Stars, With Drapery (1840-1853 and 1856-1860) • With Arrows at Date (1853-1855) • With Obverse Legend (1860-1873 and 1875-1891) • With Arrows at Date (1873-1874)

  7. Liberty Seated Dimes • Complete business strike set contains 114 coins • Difficulty level: Extremely challenging • Key coins: 1844, 1846, 1856-S, 1858-S, 1859-S, 1860-O, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870-S, 1871-CC, 1872-CC, 1873-CC, 1874-CC, and 1885-S • Uncollectable rarity: 1873-CC No Arrows, Unique • Die variety collecting is quite popular!

  8. Liberty Seated Dimes The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Dimes Brian Greer, DLRC Press 1992 Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Dimes, 1837-1891 Kamal M. Ahwash, Kamah Press 1977 The Definitive Resource for Liberty Seated Dime Variety Collectors Gerry Fortin, http://www.seateddimevarieties.com

  9. Twenty Cents • Minted from 1875-1878 at 3 Mints (1877/1878 Proofs Only) • Philadelphia, San Francisco, Carson City • One type for series • Business strikes: complete set contains 4 coins, excluding the super rarity 1876-CC • Difficulty level: Easy • Proof strikes: complete set contains 4 coins • Difficulty level: Attainable • No book on series and series not popular

  10. Liberty Seated Quarters • Minted from 1838-1891 at 4 Mints • Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco and Carson City • Six Major Design Changes • No Drapery on Obverse (1838-1840) • With Drapery on Obverse (1840-1853 and 1856-1865) • With Arrows and Rays (1853) • With Arrows (1854-1855) • With Motto on Reverse (1866-1873 and 1875-1891) • With Arrows (1873-1874)

  11. Liberty Seated Quarters • Complete business strike set contains 108 coins • Difficulty level: Extremely challenging • Grade Rarity: 1859-S, 1861-S • Super rarity: 1873-CC No Arrows, 5 or 6 known • Key coins: 1849-O, 1851-O, 1852-O, 1853 No Arrows, 1860-S, 1864-S, 1866, 1869, 1870-CC, 1871-CC, 1871-S, 1872-CC, 1872-S, 1873-CC, 1878-S, 1884, 1886, 1887, and 1891-O The Comprehensive Encyclopedia Of United States Liberty Seated Quarters Larry Briggs, 1991

  12. Liberty Seated Half Dollars • Minted from 1838-1891 at four Mints • Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco and Carson City • Six Major Design Changes • No Drapery on Obverse (1839) • With Drapery on Obverse, No Motto (1839-1853 and 1856-1866) • With Arrows and Rays (1853) • With Arrows (1854-1855) • With Motto on Reverse (1866-1873 and 1875-1891) • With Arrows (1873-1874)

  13. Liberty Seated Half Dollars • Complete business strike set contains 112 coins • Difficulty level: Very challenging • Key coins: 1850, 1851, 1852, 1855-S, 1866-S No Motto, 1870-CC, 1871-CC, 1873-CC No Arrows, 1874-CC, 1878-CC, and 1878-S • Super rarities • 1853-O No Arrows - 3 known • 1866 No motto - Fantasy piece, Unique

  14. Liberty Seated Half Dollars • Die variety collecting is very popular New Book – May 2010 CC Branch Mint Die Varieties By Bill Bugert New Book – May 2009 SF Branch Mint Die Varieties By Bill Bugert The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars Randy Wiley & Bill Bugert, DLRC Press, 1993

  15. Liberty Seated Dollars • Minted from 1840-1873 at 4 Mints • Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco and Carson City • Two Major Design Changes • No Motto (1840-1865) • With Motto (1866-1873) • Complete business strike set contains 43 coins • Difficulty level: Very challenging • Key coins: 1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1861, 1862, 1870-CC, 1870-S, 1871-CC, 1872-CC, and 1873-CC • 1870-S (9 known – not a regular issue)

  16. Liberty Seated Dollars • 1851 and 1852 are usually show-stoppers • 1858 is a proof only issue that is highly valued • Die variety collecting is not popular Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States (Volume One) Q. David Bowers, Bowers and Merena Galleries, 1993

  17. Trade Dollars • Thematic Liberty Seated designed influenced by William Barber • Issued for trade with the Orient • Minted from 1873-1885 • 1878-P to 1885 are proofs only • One type for series • Heavily counterfeited in China • A few major varieties • 1875-S/CC

  18. Trade Dollars • Complete business strike set contains 17 coins • Difficulty level: Attainable • Key coin: 1878-CC • 1878-1883 proof-only coins often added to the business strike set • 1884 and 1885 proofs are extreme rarities and not regular issues

  19. Trade Dollars • Die variety collecting is becoming more popular • Chopmarked (counter-stamped Oriental characters) collecting is also becoming more popular • Modern Chinese counterfeits Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States (Volume One) Q. David Bowers, Bowers and Merena Galleries, 1993 The United States Trade Dollar John Willem, Whitman Publishing, 1965

  20. Liberty Seated Collectors Club Dues are $20 per year. Three issues of The Gobrecht Journal are published annually Monthly issues of The E-Gobrecht are emailed free Web Site: http://www.lsccweb.org John McCloskey, President and Editor Club Membership: Len Augsburger, Secretary-Treasurer

  21. E-Gobrecht Free monthly electronic newsletter available to all 2006 and 2008 ANA “Best Electronic Publication” Subscribe via Bill Bugert atwb8cpy@earthlink.net LSCC Website http://www.lsccweb.org Gobrecht Journal index, issues #1 - #99 Free chat board E-Gobrecht archives Gerry Fortin’s Liberty Seated Dime Web-Book http://www.seateddimevarieties.com Electronic Resources

  22. Welcome to the Barber Coin Collectors’ Society (BCCS) John Frost, BCCS Regional Program Chair

  23. Barber Coin Collectors’ Society • Collectors of coins designed by Charles E. Barber • Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint 1880-1917 • 4 series • Liberty Head (Barber) Dimes • Barber Quarters • Barber Halves • Liberty Nickels

  24. Barber Dimes 1892-1916 • 74 regular issues (dates and mints) • All but a few dates are readily available in lower grades • Most 20th-century dates readily available in all grades • Coins stand up well to wear and look decent down to VG • Key date: 1895-O (mintage 440,000) • Semi-keys: 1895, 1892-S, 1901-S, 1903-S, 1904-S, others • Complete sets very achievable

  25. 1894-S Barber DimeOne of the top classic U.S. Rarities! • Only 24 coins struck • Mysterious origin • 9 confirmed specimens known • 2 circulated (both ~ Good) • 15 unaccounted for, and presumed circulated and lost • Finest known (Proof 66) sold for $1.9 million in 2007!

  26. Barber Quarters 1892-1916 • Most often available AG-G • Although less so now! (silver melt) • Mid-grade (F-XF) sets very hard to complete • Many semi-keys nearly impossible to find in better circulated grades • Uncs often available for a price (except for a few dates) • Original coins getting impossible to find

  27. The “Big 3” –Can be budget busters • 1896-S (188,039) • Roughly as tough as 1895-O dime • Available AG-VG, scarce finer • 1901-S (72,664) • King of 20th Century regular silver • Available Fair-Good, rare Fine-Unc • 1913-S (40,000) • Lowest 20th Century Mintage • Available Ugly Fair to VG, and UNC • Rare Fine-VF, very rare XF-AU Many people now build sets minus the 1901-S (or all 3)

  28. Barber Halves 1892-1915 • No show stoppers! • Easiest set to complete in G-VG • Low grade keys: • 1892-O (390,000) and 1892-S • 1897-O and 1897-S are next • High grade keys are different! • 1904-S by a good margin • 1901-S and 1896-O are next • 1904-S is the rarest regular issue Barber coin in Mint State Why?

  29. Low-mintage dates! • 1910 – 418,000 • 1913 – 188,000 • 1915 – 138,000 • 1914 – 124,430 • 1910 less than 1909-S VDB, but VG = $30! • Touted as rare, but hoarded in G-VG • All of these are ALWAYS available in lower grades • In high grades, they are all tough

  30. 1892-O Micro O • Reverse die with Mintmark intended for the quarter • Error apparently realized quickly and die replaced • Variety discovered 1893 • Only 40-55 known • Most often seen AG-G, or Unc

  31. Liberty Nickels 1883-1912 • Charles Barber’s first coin • Entirely made in Philadelphia except final year 1912 (D,S) • 33 dates and mints • A couple of keys, and few tough dates otherwise • Ended with unauthorized clandestine issue in 1913

  32. Key dates and collecting the series • 1885 is the undisputed key • Usually in ugly Fair-AG • Proofs more common than VF-Unc • 1886 and 1912-S are next • Mainly exist in low grades • Most dates common all grades • Completing series is very doable • More people are collecting the Proof series (31 coins) • Many collect by type: 1883 without and with CENTS

  33. BCCS – Barber Coin Collectors’ Society • Founded 1987 • Dues: $15 per year • The Journal published 4 times per year • Varieties Census studies to begin in 2012 • Website -- www.BarberCoins.org

  34. BCCS – Resources • www.BarberCoins.org • Grading Barber coins • Authentication of “Big 3” quarters • Census and Rarity Ratings of each date in each grade • Articles and images, patterns, medals, and counterfeits • Meeting notices • Online “Complete Guide” books • www.stellacoinnews.com

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