At that time a similar design was also used for the Quarter and Dime.
It features a right-facing head of Liberty with her hair bound up in a cap, a laurel wreath resting along her hairline and a diadem bearing the incused inscription LIBERTY over her brow. The designer's initial (B) is at the base of the neck. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST appears above this portrait, the date below and thirteen stars alongside.
The reverse of the coin depicts the Great Seal of the United States and shows an eagle with outstretched wings, holding an olive branch with thirteen leaves in its right claw and a shear of 13 arrows in its left. There is a ribbon with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM being held in the eagle's beak and 13 stars are in the field. During the total run of 24 years, just fewer than 136 million Barber halves were produced with no mint producing more than 6 million in any given year.
Most Barber Halves are in lower grades due to being heavily circulated. Back in the day of Barber coinage, the Barber coins were the main coins in use for the general population. A dime, quarter or half dollar could buy quite a bit of supplies and people just could not afford to save them. Also with a low relief, the coins wore fast. Even many of the more rare dates are heavily worn.
Listed below is a large selection of NGC Graded Barber Half Dollars for sale.
Graded Barber Half Dollars
