Writing in his annual report for 1887, Mint Director James P. Kimball mentioned the "popular desire for an improvement of the coinage in respect to the present designs." The Seated Liberty design he was referring to had appeared on silver coins since the late 1830s and was considered outdated. In January 1892 the Barber dime, quarter and half dollar made their debut....
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