1 Dime "Barber Dime" · “Barber Dime”

The Barber Dime (1892–1916)

In 1894, the San Francisco Mint struck exactly 24 dimes and then stopped. No one wrote down why. Nine of those coins survive today, and the last to change hands sold for $1.32 million. They are Barber dimes — the workhorse coin a generation of Americans grumbled about, hiding one of the greatest rarities in the country.