WESPIE'S BARBER QUARTERS OF 1892 TYPES 1 AND 2

描述: IN THE YEAR 1892 BARBER CREATED A NEW DESIGN FOR THE QUARTER. THE INITIAL DESIGN CAME UNDER FIRE FROM THE BANKING COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COINS WOULD NOT STACK ONE ON THE OTHER WITHOUT FALLING OVER. THERE WAS SOMETHING WITH THE REVERSE DESIGN THAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. THIS REVERSE SHOWS LEFT WING OF THE EAGLE COVERING HALF OF THE "E" IN STATES AND ALSO SHOWS THE MIDDLE STAR ABOVE THE EAGLES HEAD POINTING UP. BARBER MODIFIED THE DESIGN WHICH CREATES THE TYPE 2. THIS TYPE SHOWS THE LEFT WING COVERING MOST OF THE "E" AND THE MIDDLE STAR ABOVE THE EAGLES HEAD NOW POINTS DOWN. THIS NEW MODIFIED DESIGN SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND THE REMAINING COINS IN THE SERIES ARE NOW ALL TYPE 2 REVERSES.

IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IN BOTH CASES THERE ARE PROOF COINS THAT SHOW THE DIFFERENCES. THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES THE PROOFS. THERE IS ALSO A TDR FS-801 THAT SHOWS OBVERSE DOUBLING AND REPUNCHED DATE ON THE TYPE 1 VARIETY.