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

2. page 2July 2011 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. page 3July 2011 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 Obverse Liberty in a flowing dress seated on rock Shield symbolizes defense Pole with cap symbolizing freedom (Liberty Cap) 13 stars = 13 colonies Liberty Seated Design and Denominations Minted 1837-1891

4. page 4July 2011 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) Liberty Seated Half Dimes

5. page 5July 2011 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 Liberty Seated Half Dimes

6. page 6July 2011 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) Liberty Seated Dimes

7. page 7July 2011 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! Liberty Seated Dimes

8. page 8July 2011 Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Dimes, 1837-1891 Kamal M. Ahwash, Kamah Press 1977 The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Dimes Brian Greer, DLRC Press 1992 The Definitive Resource for Liberty Seated Dime Variety Collectors Gerry Fortin, http://www.seateddimevarieties.com Liberty Seated Dimes

9. page 9July 2011 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 Twenty Cents

10. page 10July 2011 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) Liberty Seated Quarters

11. page 11July 2011 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 Liberty Seated Quarters 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. page 12July 2011 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) Liberty Seated Half Dollars

13. page 13July 2011 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 Liberty Seated Half Dollars

14. page 14July 2011 Die variety collecting is very popular The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars Randy Wiley & Bill Bugert, DLRC Press, 1993 New Book – May 2009 SF Branch Mint Die Varieties By Bill Bugert New Book – May 2010 CC Branch Mint Die Varieties By Bill Bugert Liberty Seated Half Dollars

15. page 15July 2011 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) Liberty Seated Dollars

16. page 16July 2011 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 Liberty Seated Dollars

17. page 17July 2011 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 Trade Dollars

18. page 18July 2011 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 Trade Dollars

19. page 19July 2011 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 Trade Dollars

20. page 20July 2011 Dues are $20 per year. Three issues of The Gobrecht Journal are published annually Monthly issues of The E-Gobrecht are emailed free Liberty Seated Collectors Club Web Site: http://www.lsccweb.org John McCloskey, President and Editor Club Membership: Len Augsburger, Secretary-Treasurer

21. page 21July 2011 E-Gobrecht – Free monthly electronic newsletter available to all – 2006 and 2008 ANA “Best Electronic Publication” – Subscribe via Bill Bugert at wb8cpy@earthlink.net LSCC Website – http://www.lsccweb.org 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 http://www.seateddimevarieties.com Electronic Resources

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

23. page 23July 2011 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. page 24July 2011 Barber Dimes 1892-1916 74 regular issues (dates and mints) All but a few dates are readily available in lower grades – Most 20 th -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. page 25July 2011 1894-S Barber Dime One 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. page 26July 2011 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. page 27July 2011 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 20 th Century regular silver – Available Fair-Good, rare Fine-Unc 1913-S (40,000) – Lowest 20 th 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. page 28July 2011 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. page 29July 2011 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. page 30July 2011 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. page 31July 2011 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. page 32July 2011 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. page 33July 2011 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. page 34July 2011 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