1905-O Barber

  • Category
  • Design
    Early Silver Dimes (1892-1916)
  • Year
    1905
  • Mint
    New Orleans
  • Mintage
    3,400,000
  • Designer
    Charles E Barber
  • Composition
    90% Silver - 10% Copper
  • Diameter
    17.9mm
  • Weight
    2.5g
Known variants:

Micro "O"

There were two major varieties of the 1905-O silver Barber Dime. The Micro "O" variety is the rarer and more valuable dime in which the "O" mint mark on the reverse of the coin was much smaller in size than normal.