Can someone explain this:

[jasonscoins]

I got a box of dimes today and it turned out to be pretty good. In it I found a 1959 Rosie as well as a 1950 S Rosie and a 1911 (no mintmark) Barber.

I looked on cointracker and they have a minimum value of $6 for the 1950 S and a minimum value of $3 for the 1911 Barber. That doesn't make sense to me considering the Barber is obviously older. Plus, the mintage for the Barber is around 18 million while the mintage for the 50 Rosie is around 22 million.

So why would the 50 be valued higher than the 11 ?

 

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[Chillydog]

I got a box of dimes today and it turned out to be pretty good. In it I found a 1959 Rosie as well as a 1950 S Rosie and a 1911 (no mintmark) Barber.

I looked on cointracker and they have a minimum value of $6 for the 1950 S and a minimum value of $3 for the 1911 Barber. That doesn't make sense to me considering the Barber is obviously older. Plus, the mintage for the Barber is around 18 million while the mintage for the 50 Rosie is around 22 million.

So why would the 50 be valued higher than the 11 ?

That doesn't make sense at all

 

[cooper36]

A coin is only worth what someone will pay for it. Coin tracker is wrong look at the price of any half dollar.

 

[Dozer D]

Could be that the Barber back then was highly hoarded, whereas the 1950S was melted down in mass quantities when the country stopped making silver coins in 1964. Then emerged the large quantities of Barbers in the nineteen seventies, in all grade levels, thus driving the price down, whereas the 50S quantities can no longer meet collectors demand throughout the country, thus driving the prices up. Just like any other commodity in this country: a law of supply & demand, even on coins (high demands with low supplies = higher prices). Eventhough the mintage numbers show the 1950S higher, mintage numbers do not reflect the actual physical availability of the coin. We cannot know with certainty how many of the mintage #s still exist with meltings going on every day.

 

[jasonscoins]

Dozer D -- that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for that. Cooper, I know cointrackers is not accurate, but I just reference it to get a rough idea of a coin's value when I run across a coin I don't see on a regular basis. It just didn't add up to me that an older coin with lower mintage numbers would be deemed less valuable than a newer coin with higher mintages.

 

[boristhespider88]

I looked on cointracker and they have a minimum value of $6 for the 1950 S and a minimum value of $3 for the 1911 Barber. That doesn't make sense to me considering the Barber is obviously older. Plus, the mintage for the Barber is around 18 million while the mintage for the 50 Rosie is around 22 million.

So why would the 50 be valued higher than the 11 ?

Cointrackers is useless.

Use eBay or a Redbook.

Low Price for 1911 Barber:
1911 Fine Very Fine Barber Dime X | eBay

High Price for 1911 Barber:
1911 10c PCGS MS65 Barber Dime No Reserve | eBay

Low Price for 1950-S:
1950 s Roosevelt Dime | eBay

High Price for 1950-S:
1950 s Roosevelt Dime PCGS MS67 Toned Blue Look | eBay

Most Barber dimes are also probably going to be in worse shape (worn down) so they would probably sell for less than a nicer 1950-S dime would sell for (personal speculation though).

 

[MIhunter]

I got a box of dimes today and it turned out to be pretty good. In it I found a 1959 Rosie as well as a 1950 S Rosie and a 1911 (no mintmark) Barber. I looked on cointracker and they have a minimum value of $6 for the 1950 S and a minimum value of $3 for the 1911 Barber. That doesn't make sense to me considering the Barber is obviously older. Plus, the mintage for the Barber is around 18 million while the mintage for the 50 Rosie is around 22 million. So why would the 50 be valued higher than the 11 ?

The value of a coin is what people will pay for it. Which is a moving target.
As far as books go the Red Book is considered the best but has it limitations.
eBay is probably the best site because of its high volume of sales. It best demonstrates what the market place looks like.

That is the frustrating part of numismatics, melt value is simple (weight x purity x spot value).

 

[port ewen ace]

the REDBOOK price for an '11 barber is $22 for EF40, the '50S is $5 for EF40. CONDITION is the key. I have an '06 Barber listed on ebay for $2.79 and a '16 listed for $79.99 based on condition of each.

I got a box of dimes today and it turned out to be pretty good. In it I found a 1959 Rosie as well as a 1950 S Rosie and a 1911 (no mintmark) Barber.

I looked on cointracker and they have a minimum value of $6 for the 1950 S and a minimum value of $3 for the 1911 Barber. That doesn't make sense to me considering the Barber is obviously older. Plus, the mintage for the Barber is around 18 million while the mintage for the 50 Rosie is around 22 million.

So why would the 50 be valued higher than the 11 ?