The Liberty Seated Collectors Club is pleased to display a major exhibit at the Whitman Baltimore Expo, October 25-27, at Booth #913. Newly-uncovered artifacts from the family of Chief Engraver William Barber (designer of the Trade Dollar and Double Dime – twenty-cent piece) will be on display. This remarkable exhibit includes:
- Presidential proclamation naming William Barber Engraver, from President Andrew Johnson and Sec. of State William Seward, 1869
- Paintings of William Barber and wife Anna Maria Barber
- Medal of William Barber by Charles E. Barber
- 3 original pencil/pen coin design sketches by William Barber
- William Barber medals: Centennial Medal, Grant 2nd Inaugural medal
- Scan of 1875 letter by William Barber about Carson City dies and breakage
- Example of 1875-CC BF-1 Double Dime (20 cents) from broken reverse die
- Memo by mint officials on death of William Barber
- Set of Trade Dollars
- Set of Double Dimes (20 cents), including one of William Barber’s patterns
- Medallic History of the United States 1776-1876, 1st Ed, J. Loubat, inscribed to William Barber, 1878
At the LSCC Meeting on Friday October 26 at 9:00 a.m. (everyone is welcome), there will be an educational program, entitled William Barber Revealed! in Room 301.
There will be a similar exhibit on artifacts from Charles Barber and 6th Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint, at the adjacent table of the Barber Coin Collectors’ Society. Newly-uncovered artifacts from the family of Charles E. Barber will be on display. The corresponding research completely changes our views on the 6th Chief Engraver. This remarkable exhibit includes:
- Presidential proclamation naming Charles Barber Engraver, from President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1880
- Painting of Charles E. Barber
- Six new photos of Charles Barber
- Photo showing Charles Barber and George T. Morgan in 1897
- Three patterns by Charles Barber
- 1st Ed. Woodin-Adams pattern reference, inscribed to Charles Barber, 1913
- Key date Barber coins (5c, 10c, 25c, 50c)
- Barber’s commemoratives, Hawaiian coinage, and Cuban coinage
- 1905 passport of Charles Barber
- Memos from mint departments for Barber’s Europe trip, some with his handwritten notes on them
- Diary of Edith Barber of Europe trip of 1905, with key excerpts
- 39-star Flag presented to Charles Barber by President Theodore Roosevelt
- 1906 Mint Assay medal, original case, subject: Theodore Roosevelt
- Copies of Barber’s 1905 Trip Report, with results matching hand-written notes
- Letters to Charles Barber from Augustus St. Gaudens and Victor D. Brenner
At the BCCS Meeting on Friday October 26 at 3:00 p.m. (everyone is welcome), there will be an educational program, entitled The Charles Barber You Didn’t Know, in Room 301.
This extraordinary exhibit will be located at Booth #913. Look for the club banners!