Barber, who designed the silver dimes and half dollars that were issued from 1892 to 1916. It informs that Barber quarter dollars were minted at mints in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Denver, Colorado, San Francisco, California and New Orleans, Louisiana with a composition of 90 percent silver and...
"Patterns" are sample coins that were struck to test a new design, composition, denomination or other new feature. They were typically struck in extremely small numbers for test and display purposes. The Peru 1855 Pattern 2 Peso came about during a turbulent time in that country's early ...