If you want to find the better Barber half dollars, do not get hung up with mintages. Yes, a mintage can be a good indication of how tough some coins will be, but mintages are not always reliable. The 1896-S Barber half dollar is proof.
With a mintage of 1,140,948, the 1896-S was not going to impress anyone at the time. A mintage of more than 1 million was not low. The Philadelphia issues of 1913, 1914 and 1915 were all below 200,000, and they are not seen as especially rare...
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