BCCS Rarity Ratings Survey 2007 - Barber Halves In 2007, the Barber Coin Collectors' Society conducted a survey to ascertain rarity ratings for Barber Halves. The survey did not estimate the actual number of surviving pieces, but rather a rating for relative availability and rarity. New surveys will be conducted for the other Barber series (including Liberty Nickels) in the coming couple of years. Click here to see the report on the Census and Rarity Survey.

For the sake of this survey, the following rarity ratings were used:
    R1:  Common date and grade, readily available
    R2:  Less common - Better date and grade
    R3:  Tough date – available, but may require some looking
    R4:  Scarce – may or may not find at larger shows/auctions
    R5:  Very scarce – only a few offered for sale each year
    R6:  Extremely scarce - almost never seen, only one or two may be offered for sale in a year’s time
    R7:  Rare – a single specimen might, on average, be offered for sale once every few years
    R8:  Unique, or nearly so

Date	AG	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	MS
1892	-	R2	R2	R2	R2	R2	R1	R1
1892-O	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R3	R3	R2
1892-o	R6	R6	R7	R7	R7	R7	R7	R7
1892-S	-	R3	R3	R4	R5	R4	R3	R3
1893	-	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R3	R2
1893-O	-	R2	R3	R3	R3	R2	R3	R2
1893-S	-	R3	R3	R4	R5	R5	R5	R5
1894	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R4	R4	R2
1894-O	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R3
1894-S	-	R2	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3
1895	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R2
1895-O	-	R2	R2	R3	R4	R4	R3	R3
1895-S	-	R2	R3	R3	R4	R4	R3	R3
1896	-	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R3	R3
1896-O	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R5	R5	R6
1896-S	-	R3	R3	R3	R4	R4	R5	R5
1897	-	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2	R2
1897-O	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R5	R5	R5
1897-S	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R5	R5	R5
1898	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1898-O	-	R3	R3	R4	R5	R5	R5	R5
1898-S	-	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R3	R5
1899	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1899-O	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R3
1899-S	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R3	R3	R4
1900	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1900-O	-	R2	R2	R3	R4	R4	R4	R5
1900-S	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R5
1901	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1901-O	-	R2	R2	R3	R4	R4	R4	R5
1901-S	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R5	R5	R6
1902	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1902-O	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R4	R4
1902-S	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R4	R4	R4
1903	-	R2	R2	R3	R4	R4	R4	R4
1903-O	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R4	R3
1903-S	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R4	R4	R4
1904	-	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2	R4
1904-O	-	R2	R3	R3	R4	R5	R5	R5
1904-S	-	R2	R3	R4	R4	R5	R5	R6
1905	-	R2	R3	R3	R4	R4	R4	R4
1905-O	-	R2	R3	R4	R4	R4	R4	R4
1905-S	-	R1	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R4
1906	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1906-D	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1906-O	-	R1	R2	R2	R3	R4	R4	R3
1906-S	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R4	R4	R3
1907	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1907-D	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1907-O	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1907-S	-	R2	R2	R4	R4	R5	R5	R5
1908	-	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2	R3
1908-D	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1908-O	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2
1908-S	-	R2	R2	R3	R4	R4	R4	R5
1909	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1909-O	-	R2	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R4
1909-S	-	R1	R1	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3
1910	-	R2	R3	R4	R4	R4	R4	R3
1910-S	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R4
1911	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1911-D	-	R2	R2	R2	R2	R3	R3	R2
1911-S	-	R1	R1	R2	R2	R3	R3	R5
1912	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1912-D	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1912-S	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R3
1913	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R5	R5	R4
1913-D	-	R2	R2	R2	R2	R2	R2	R2
1913-S	-	R2	R2	R3	R3	R3	R3	R3
1914	-	R2	R3	R4	R4	R4	R4	R4
1914-S	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R3	R3	R3
1915	-	R3	R3	R4	R4	R4	R5	R4
1915-D	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1
1915-S	-	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1

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