1904 S Barber "Liberty" half dollar, Why low value

[Roadquest]

1904 S Barber "Liberty" half dollar, Why low value

With a mintage of only 505.000 for the 1905-0 Barber dollar
and 553,038 for 1904-S Barber dollar.
Why is the value for these coins so low. There are others with low mintage
also, with low value.
I will do some research, but for now, I know some of you coin experts
know the reason for it.
Thanks for any answers........Roadquest

 

[Nick A]

Re: 1904 S Barber "Liberty" half dollar, Why low value

Not many collectors. Barber halves are not nearly as popular to collect as Walking Liberties. Less demand = lower prices.

 

[ivan salis]

Re: 1904 S Barber "Liberty" half dollar, Why low value

its all supply and demand --heck I got a 1916 H jamaican penny (made by britian) its in great shape --one of only 24,000 made * talk about low mintage and that was almost 100 years ago --how few are there around? -- world book price -- only $10 bucks

quite frankly the walking libery half in good shape is a work of art to most folks -- the barber coins next to it -- look well "plain" and ugly to most folks --the silver content props up the barbers value plus coin collectors remember the coins of their youth --and tend to collect what they "know" and like.

 

[Roadquest]

Re: 1904 S Barber "Liberty" half dollar, Why low value

Interesting, I'd think for a long turm investment, buying these high graded
coins would pay off in the future. Maybe some years, who knows. Would these
low mintage coins be called sleepers?

 

[waseeker]

Re: 1904 S Barber "Liberty" half dollar, Why low value

Interesting, I'd think for a long turm investment, buying these high graded
coins would pay off in the future. Maybe some years, who knows. Would these
low mintage coins be called sleepers?

Coins in general as a long term investment doesn't really do all that well. Take a look at the grey sheet coin market index. They are using 1990 as the as the baseline with an assigned value of 1,000. 20 years later the index is currently pegged at 927.63 Not real great performance. Their info can be a bit misleading since the 1990 base year was in the middle of a 3-4 year boom that as I recall corresponded to the .com boom. But when you look at some of the individual series they also chart, they use a 30 year scale. Again except for the 1989-1991 boom, (and subsequent crash),the gains aren't all that great.

There will of course always be exceptions and there are some series that do well over time. The trick is knowing which ones that will be

Key date coins will always be in demand by collectors. For my money I preferred to focus on them in the best grades I could afford at the time.