Set report · United States · Half Dollars
Barber Half Dollar: Who Owns What
How often each Barber Half Dollar coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 1,098 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Barber Half Dollar catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 934,000 | 148 | 13.5% | Uncommon |
| 1892 (Proof) | 1,245 | 8 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1892-O | 390,000 | 63 | 5.7% | Scarce |
| 1892-O Micro O (Variety) | — | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1892-S | 1,029,028 | 57 | 5.2% | Very scarce |
| 1893 | 1,826,000 | 126 | 11.5% | Uncommon |
| 1893 (Proof) | 792 | 8 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1893-O | 1,389,000 | 88 | 8% | Scarce |
| 1893-S | 740,000 | 68 | 6.2% | Scarce |
| 1894 | 1,148,000 | 118 | 10.7% | Scarce |
| 1894 (Proof) | 972 | 9 | 0.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1894-O | 2,138,000 | 114 | 10.4% | Scarce |
| 1894-S | 4,048,690 | 125 | 11.4% | Uncommon |
| 1895 | 1,834,338 | 127 | 11.6% | Uncommon |
| 1895 (Proof) | 880 | 7 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1895-O | 1,766,000 | 94 | 8.6% | Scarce |
| 1895-S | 1,108,086 | 79 | 7.2% | Scarce |
| 1896 | 950,000 | 101 | 9.2% | Scarce |
| 1896 (Proof) | 762 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1896-O | 924,000 | 85 | 7.7% | Scarce |
| 1896-S | 1,140,948 | 52 | 4.7% | Very scarce |
| 1897 | 2,480,000 | 150 | 13.7% | Uncommon |
| 1897 (Proof) | 731 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1897-O | 632,000 | 62 | 5.6% | Scarce |
| 1897-S | 933,900 | 57 | 5.2% | Very scarce |
| 1898 | 2,956,000 | 158 | 14.4% | Uncommon |
| 1898 (Proof) | 735 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1898-O | 874,000 | 85 | 7.7% | Scarce |
| 1898-S | 2,358,550 | 88 | 8% | Scarce |
| 1899 | 5,538,000 | 198 | 18% | Common |
| 1899 (Proof) | 846 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1899-O | 1,724,000 | 123 | 11.2% | Uncommon |
| 1899-S | 1,686,411 | 87 | 7.9% | Scarce |
| 1900 | 4,762,000 | 213 | 19.4% | Common |
| 1900 (Proof) | 912 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1900-O | 2,744,000 | 140 | 12.8% | Uncommon |
| 1900-S | 2,560,322 | 111 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1901 | 4,268,000 | 184 | 16.8% | Common |
| 1901 (Proof) | 813 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1901-O | 1,124,000 | 112 | 10.2% | Scarce |
| 1901-S | 847,044 | 82 | 7.5% | Scarce |
| 1902 | 4,922,000 | 212 | 19.3% | Common |
| 1902 (Proof) | 777 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1902-O | 2,526,000 | 128 | 11.7% | Uncommon |
| 1902-S | 1,460,670 | 114 | 10.4% | Scarce |
| 1903 | 2,278,000 | 126 | 11.5% | Uncommon |
| 1903 (Proof) | 755 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1903-O | 2,100,000 | 133 | 12.1% | Uncommon |
| 1903-S | 1,920,772 | 124 | 11.3% | Uncommon |
| 1904 | 2,992,000 | 192 | 17.5% | Common |
| 1904 (Proof) | 670 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1904-O | 1,117,600 | 110 | 10% | Scarce |
| 1904-S | 553,038 | 84 | 7.7% | Scarce |
| 1905 | 662,000 | 110 | 10% | Scarce |
| 1905 (Proof) | 727 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1905-O | 505,000 | 92 | 8.4% | Scarce |
| 1905-S | 2,494,000 | 139 | 12.7% | Uncommon |
| 1906 | 2,638,000 | 209 | 19% | Common |
| 1906 (Proof) | 675 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1906-D | 4,028,000 | 202 | 18.4% | Common |
| 1906-O | 2,446,000 | 155 | 14.1% | Uncommon |
| 1906-S | 1,740,154 | 116 | 10.6% | Scarce |
| 1907 | 2,598,000 | 206 | 18.8% | Common |
| 1907 (Proof) | 575 | 6 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1907-D | 3,856,000 | 207 | 18.9% | Common |
| 1907-O | 3,946,600 | 193 | 17.6% | Common |
| 1907-S | 1,250,000 | 123 | 11.2% | Uncommon |
| 1908 | 1,354,000 | 174 | 15.8% | Uncommon |
| 1908 (Proof) | 545 | 7 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1908-D | 3,280,000 | 232 | 21.1% | Common |
| 1908-O | 5,360,000 | 235 | 21.4% | Common |
| 1908-S | 1,644,828 | 139 | 12.7% | Uncommon |
| 1909 | 2,368,000 | 218 | 19.9% | Common |
| 1909 (Proof) | 650 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1909-O | 925,400 | 140 | 12.8% | Uncommon |
| 1909-S | 1,764,000 | 146 | 13.3% | Uncommon |
| 1910 | 418,000 | 115 | 10.5% | Scarce |
| 1910 (Proof) | 551 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1910-S | 1,948,000 | 152 | 13.8% | Uncommon |
| 1911 | 1,406,000 | 188 | 17.1% | Common |
| 1911 (Proof) | 543 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1911-D | 695,080 | 122 | 11.1% | Uncommon |
| 1911-S | 1,272,000 | 147 | 13.4% | Uncommon |
| 1912 | 1,550,000 | 212 | 19.3% | Common |
| 1912 (Proof) | 700 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1912-D | 2,300,800 | 205 | 18.7% | Common |
| 1912-S | 1,370,000 | 168 | 15.3% | Uncommon |
| 1913 | 188,000 | 94 | 8.6% | Scarce |
| 1913 (Proof) | 627 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1913-D | 534,000 | 121 | 11% | Uncommon |
| 1913-S | 604,000 | 117 | 10.7% | Scarce |
| 1914 | 124,230 | 78 | 7.1% | Scarce |
| 1914 (Proof) | 380 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1914-S | 992,000 | 152 | 13.8% | Uncommon |
| 1915 | 138,000 | 101 | 9.2% | Scarce |
| 1915 (Proof) | 450 | 5 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1915-D | 1,170,400 | 176 | 16% | Uncommon |
| 1915-S | 1,604,000 | 213 | 19.4% | Common |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.