Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Coin Resource Center includes entries on all Proof Barber half dollars. This blog will cover the inaugural date in the Barber half dollar Proof series, the 1892. The Proof date with the largest mintage by some margin, the Philadelphia Mint produced 1,245 Proof Barber half dollars in 1892. The issue is part of a suite of new designs by Charles Barber introduced in that year that also included dimes and quarter dollars.
The CRC entry on 1892 Proof Barber half dollars, like other CRC coin listings, features links to recent auction appearances, high-quality photos, and Coins in Motion animations, as well as a brief discussion of the issue’s collectability. Per the CRC listing, the 1892 Proof half dollar is popular with type collectors, owing in part to its relative abundance (and resulting accessibility) and first-year-of-issue status.
As is the case with other CRC listings, we welcome appropriate and/or necessary edits from knowledgeable readers. Readers who own 1892 Proof half dollars and would like to sell them can contact our staff with links included on the listing.
