1914-D Barber Dime, Denver Mint, 90% Silver, 0.0723 oz Silver, Struck the Year the Panama Canal Opened, Full Rims with Bold Date and Lettering, Original Never-Cleaned Surfaces with Gray Toning, Charles Barber Design, KM#113 [Est. G-6]
Description
A 1914-D Barber dime struck at the Denver Mint, with the D mint mark on the reverse below the wreath, KM#113. The obverse shows Liberty facing right, wearing a cap, a laurel wreath and a headband inscribed LIBERTY, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around and the date below. The reverse shows ONE DIME within a wreath of corn, wheat, maple and oak leaves. 90% silver, 2.50 grams standard, 17.9 mm, reeded edge. Tested on a Sigma Metalytics precious metal verifier: reading consistent with silver. The close-ups show the date, Liberty, the D mint mark and ONE DIME.
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Historical Context
Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber designed the dime, quarter and half dollar introduced in 1892. His dime was struck until 1916, when the Mercury dime replaced it. In 1914 Denver struck 11,908,000 Barber dimes, against about 17.4 million at Philadelphia. That August the Panama Canal opened, and the next year Barber and George T. Morgan designed the Panama-Pacific half dollar for the San Francisco exposition that celebrated it.
Buying Power
In 1914 this dime had the buying power of about $3.37 today.
Condition
[Est. G-6] Circulated, original and never cleaned, with gray toning on the obverse and darker brown toning on the reverse. Full rims on both sides; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the date and ONE DIME are bold and clear. LIBERTY on the headband is worn away, as is usual at this grade, and the wreath leaves are worn flat. Scattered scratches from circulation, heaviest on the reverse across the upper wreath and ONE, plus a few small dark spots (see the close-ups). Checked for the six documented 1914-D repunched mint marks: the D appears single. Grade estimated; not professionally graded. Currently still legal tender, but its silver content and collector value are far higher than face value.
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