Barber Halves
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1899 Half
6-1-05, Dang another barber half. this new site is incredible.
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1901 Half
May 13 2005, barber half #5 for me. its ugly and i will post a new scan of it, when its clean.
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1896 half
finally barber half #4, found in april 2005.
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1903s barber half
My first ever barber half found on 4/22/02, in golden gate park SF. found in some dirt from a trench project.here's the reversethe reverse
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1910s half
my second barber half. also in the same hole were 2 barber dimes, an 1898 and 1911.
Barber Quarters
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1903 and 190411-24-07 a hilltop cow pasture with a good view. seemed like a good spot to try. apparently someone else thought the same over 100 years ago. 2 barber quarters in the same hole! very cool.
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1897 QuarterFinally 2 years later, april 2007, i get my 12th barber quarter. its kinda black looking in this pic. will have to update someday when i get it cleaned. also pictured is a 14k ring, pistol ball and smashed musket ball.another view
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another 1900sfound a massive dump in april 2005. dug a canadian 1902 5 cent coin, and a large peddlers licence
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another 1900
found this one on 11-16-01 at a demo site where a house had just been moved. this pic is how it looked right after digging it up.
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1898s+2
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hahaha took me 2 years to find my 8th one. and this one is by far the finest looking. dug on 1/22/01 in Niles canyon. Also pictured is my 2nd half-dime and a 1914s dime, all found on the same weekend
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1899+2 buffalos
finally found my 7th barber quarter. found it on 8/21/99 at a school in San Jose CA. the school had some grass torn up and so i decided to search it. ironicly all i got were the nickels shown. it was in the front area grass(untouched) that i got the quarter at 4 1/2 inches down.
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1898+1898s
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i found the first one at a demo site off of Alameda and Julian st. in S.J. there used to be an old brewery(falstaff) there, dating back to the 1860's. the second pic was my first barber qtr. found at an old dump site which is now being converted into a parking lot.
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1900s+1895s
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was hunting a powdery dirt field the size of a football field when i got the 1900s. my friend(dan kelly) was just complaining how he'd still not found a barber Qtr yet. then 20 yards and few minutes later out came my 6th one.
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1894+1906
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there's a large area near San Jose airport where an old neiborhood once stood. one morning after work i drove by and some city workers were cutting a 3ft deep trench. when they were done, i searched the dirt piles and found a shiny,worn, 1906 Qtr. the 1894 Qtr came from Taylor st. and Guadelupe Exp. i did'nt know it at the time but apparently San jose's old china town once existed there.
Barber Dimes
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1912s dime
first silver for 2008 was this clean 1912 dime
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1903s dime
finally dug this rare date. a 1903s, just a little over 600,000 were minted. this may be worth $200-$400.found at large demo in san jose in aug.2004
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1900s dime
a common date but still fun to dig. dug 2 days after the 1903s and at the same site
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horace mann school demo
the horace mann school, originally called the Santa Clara St school built in 1867 is being demo'd. the city plans on remodeling the entire neighborhood. the scan is bad. pictured is 1902o and 1908d dimes. also 1896 cent and 1889 nickel.
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1900sfound at the southern pacific train depot in san jose. nice shape, almost the whole "liberty" is visible
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chinatown dime found an 1898 barber dime and 3 chinese cash coins on 4-8-00. got these at the old chinatown site in downtown san jose.
