{"@context":"http://www.shared-canvas.org/ns/context.json","@id":"https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/1369/manifest.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","label":"Money Matters, Thursday 4/8","sequences":[{"@id":"https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/1369/sequence.json","@type":"sc:Sequence","label":"","canvases":[{"@id":"https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/1369/canvas.json","label":"1910 Barber Half Dollar\r\n","@type":"sc:Canvas","width":290,"height":290,"images":[{"@id":"https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/files/343/anno.json","motivation":"sc:painting","@type":"oa:Annotation","resource":{"@id":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/fcf6d84e4f2588b98fe2de85eedf1940.jpeg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":290,"height":290,"service":{"@id":"https://iiif.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/loris/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/fcf6d84e4f2588b98fe2de85eedf1940.jpeg","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/1369/canvas.json"}],"description":"Without the novelty of 1909's two cent types, sales of proofs continued their long decline in 1910. The proof half dollar of this year is scarcer than most previous issues, with gems being particularly elusive. As in 1909, however, the percentage of Cameo proofs is higher than for 1902-08, a welcome benefit for collectors.\r\n\r\nThe Philadelphia Mint produced a fairly low total of currency half dollars this year, and at one time this put extra price pressure on the proofs. Since the 1980s, however, collectors have been less inclined to complete their sets with a blend of MS and PF coins. Both issues are now respected as separate, and this has the MS issue bringing equal or higher prices than the PF half.\r\n\r\n","metadata":[{"label":"Record in Omeka","value":"<a href=\"/items/show/1369\">View page</a>"},{"label":"Subject","value":"Barber Half Dollars (1892-1915)\r\nMint: Philadelphia\r\nMintage: 551\r\nObverse Designer: Charles E. Barber\r\nReverse Designer: Charles E. Barber\r\nComposition: Silver\r\nFineness: 0.9000\r\nWeight: 12.5000g\r\nASW: 0.3617oz\r\nMelt Value: $9.13 (4/7/2021)\r\nDiameter: 30.6mm\r\nEdge: Reeded"}],"otherContent":[{"@id":"https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/1369/annolist.json","@type":"sc:AnnotationList"}]}]}],"description":"Without the novelty of 1909's two cent types, sales of proofs continued their long decline in 1910. The proof half dollar of this year is scarcer than most previous issues, with gems being particularly elusive. As in 1909, however, the percentage of Cameo proofs is higher than for 1902-08, a welcome benefit for collectors.\r\n\r\nThe Philadelphia Mint produced a fairly low total of currency half dollars this year, and at one time this put extra price pressure on the proofs. Since the 1980s, however, collectors have been less inclined to complete their sets with a blend of MS and PF coins. Both issues are now respected as separate, and this has the MS issue bringing equal or higher prices than the PF half.\r\n\r\n","metadata":[{"label":"Record in Omeka","value":"<a href=\"/items/show/1369\">View page</a>"},{"label":"Subject","value":"Barber Half Dollars (1892-1915)\r\nMint: Philadelphia\r\nMintage: 551\r\nObverse Designer: Charles E. Barber\r\nReverse Designer: Charles E. Barber\r\nComposition: Silver\r\nFineness: 0.9000\r\nWeight: 12.5000g\r\nASW: 0.3617oz\r\nMelt Value: $9.13 (4/7/2021)\r\nDiameter: 30.6mm\r\nEdge: Reeded"}],"service":[{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/search/1/context.json","@id":"https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/oa/items/1369/search","label":"Search this manifest with Omeka","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/search/1/search"}]}