Barber
Born in London, son of William Barber. He came to America with his father in 1852. He was appointed assistant engraver under his father in 1869. He was promoted to Chief Engraver upon the death of his father in 1879 and served until his death in 1917. He had a collection of pattern coins from his time of service.
Barber opposed the work of all outside engravers, but most notably Augustus St-Gaudens. He copied some dies produced by others and added his initials.
He died in Philadelphia. Barber engraved dies many of the Assay Commission Medals:
1880 Assay Comm rev (AC-20)
1880 Assay Comm (AC-21)
1881 Assay Comm rev (AC-24)
1882-1883 Assay Commission rev (Julian AC-25, 26)
1884 Assay Comm (AC-27)
1885 Assay Comm (AC-28)
1886 Assay Comm (AC-29)
1887 Assay Comm (AC-30)
1888-1889 Assay Commission obv (Julian AC-31,32)
1890 Assay Comm (AC-33)
1891 Assay Comm obv (AC-34)
1892 Assay Comm rev (AC-36)
1894 Assay Comm obv (AC-38)
1895 Assay Comm (AC-39)
1896-1897 Assay Commission obv (Julian AC-40,41)
1898-1899 Assay Commission obv (Julian AC-42,43)
1900 Assay Comm obv (AC-44)
1901 Assay Comm obv (AC-45)
1906-1908 Assay Commiss obv (Julian AC-50,51,52)
1910-1911 Assay Commission obv (Julian AC-54,55)
1914 Assay Comm obv (AC-58)
Barber produced dies for many other mint medals:
American Medical Association (Julian AM-5)
National Fair Association (1881) (Julian AM-51, 52)
Charles Centennial (1883) (Julian CM-12)
Great Seal Centennial (1882) (Julian CM-20)
James A Garfield Indian Peace obv (82) (Julian IP-44)
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace (1890) (Julian IP-48)
John Horn Lifesaving (1874) (Julian LS-14)
Metis Shipwreck (1875) (Julian LS-15)
Vessel Owners and Captains Assoc (86) (Julian LS-18)
Horation C. Burchard (1879) (Julian MT-7)
James P. Kimball (1885) (Julian MT-8)
Edward O. Leech (1890) (Julian MT-9)
A. Louden Snowden obv (1879) (Julian MT-12)
Daniel M. Fox (1886) (Julian MT-16)
William Barber (his father) (Julian MT-19)
William Windom (1890, 1891) (Julian MT-25, 26)
Henry Draper (1875) (Julian PE-9)
Dr. W. H Furness (Julian PE-12)
Joseph Henry (1879) (Julian PE-14)
Benjamin B. Howland (1876) (Julian PE-16)
Major General John C. Robinson (72) (Julian PE-28) Ulysses S. Grant (1879) (Julian PR-15) James A. Garfield (1882) (Julian PR-20, 21)
Chester A. Arthur (1883) (Julian PR-22)
Grover Cleveland (1885) (Julian PR-23)
Benjamin Harrison (1889) (Julian PR-24)
Buffalo Schools (1873) (Julian SC-14, 15)
Washington and Lee University (82) (Julian SC-65, 66)
Army of the Cumberland (Julian UN-2)
Robert Preston (1893) (USM 309)
John Carlisle (1893) (USM 203)
Lyman Gage obv (1897) (USM 205)
George Roberts (1898) (USM 310)
Leslie Shaw (1902) (USM 206)
Barber designed and engraved the dies for the Hawaiian silver coinage of 1883. Coinage included the dimes, quarters and dollars struck on standard U. S. Mint planchets.
Barber designed several commemorative coins:
Columbian Exposition obverse 1892
Isabella quarter 1893
Lafayette dollar 1900
Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar 1903
Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar 1904
Panama-Pacific Commemorative half dollar 1915
Panama-Pacific Exposition quarter eagle 1915-S
McKinley Memorial gold dollar 1916
Barber designed a new series of coinage:
Barber Dime of 1892-1816
Barber Quarter of 1892-1916
Barber Half 1892-1915
Liberty Head Nickel for 1883 to 1913
bio: CCUS; Evans; Fielding (gives DOD as 2/19/17); NCAB 16; P-F (gives DOD as 2/18/17); Stauffer; WWWAmArt
profile: AJN 18 Jul 1883 page 15
obit: NUM 30 Apr 1917 page 171
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![Charles Barber's personal notebooks, Pt. 1: Coins & patterns Barber owned [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 1]](https://archive.org/services/img/charlesbarberspe00barb)
1883Charles Barber's personal notebooks, Pt. 1: Coins & patterns Barber owned [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 1]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Charles Barber's personal notebooks, Pt. 2: Medals made by Barber [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 2]](https://archive.org/services/img/charlesbarberspe00barb_0)
1883Charles Barber's personal notebooks, Pt. 2: Medals made by Barber [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 2]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Bolivia, 1882-1883 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 3]](https://archive.org/services/img/bolivia18821883a00barb)
1883Bolivia, 1882-1883 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 3]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Colombia, 1902 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 5]](https://archive.org/services/img/colombia1902ansp00barb)
1883Colombia, 1902 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 5]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![China, 1904-1905 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 4]](https://archive.org/services/img/china19041905ans00barb)
1883China, 1904-1905 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 4]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![El Salvador, 1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 8]](https://archive.org/services/img/elsalvador1904an00barb)
1883El Salvador, 1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 8]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Cuba, 1914-1915 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber Papers, box 1, folder 7]](https://archive.org/services/img/cuba19141915ansp00barb)
1883Cuba, 1914-1915 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber Papers, box 1, folder 7]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Haiti, 1903-1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 9]](https://archive.org/services/img/haiti19031904ans00barb)
1883Haiti, 1903-1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 9]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Japan, 1908 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 1]](https://archive.org/services/img/japan1908ansphot00barb)
1883Japan, 1908 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 1]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Liberia, December 6, 1909 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 2]](https://archive.org/services/img/liberiadecember200barb)
1883Liberia, December 6, 1909 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 2]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Honduras, 1902-1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 10]](https://archive.org/services/img/honduras1902190400barb)
1883Honduras, 1902-1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 10]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Costa Rica, 1899-1912 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 6]](https://archive.org/services/img/costarica189919100barb)
1883Costa Rica, 1899-1912 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 1, folder 6]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Mexico, 1910-1911 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 3]](https://archive.org/services/img/mexico19101911an00barb)
1883Mexico, 1910-1911 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 3]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Nicaragua, 1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 4]](https://archive.org/services/img/nicaragua1904ans00barb)
1883Nicaragua, 1904 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 4]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![San Domingo, 1897-1900 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 6]](https://archive.org/services/img/sandomingo18971900barb)
1883San Domingo, 1897-1900 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 6]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Panama, 1902-1905 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 5]](https://archive.org/services/img/panama19021905an00barb)
1883Panama, 1902-1905 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 5]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![A.W. Straub's die record book, Part I : 1880-1883 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 7]](https://archive.org/services/img/awstraubsdiereco00stra)
1883A.W. Straub's die record book, Part I : 1880-1883 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 7]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![A.W. Straub's die record book, Part 2 : 1884-1886 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 8]](https://archive.org/services/img/awstraubsdiereco00stra_0)
1883A.W. Straub's die record book, Part 2 : 1884-1886 [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 8]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![U.S. Material [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 9]](https://archive.org/services/img/usmaterialanspho00barb)
1883U.S. Material [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 9]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
![Venezuela [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 10]](https://archive.org/services/img/venezuelaansphot00barb)
1883Venezuela [ANS photocopies of Charles Edward Barber papers, box 2, folder 10]
[Photocopies of Barber's personal papers, which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by the coin dealer firm Stack's in 1991. Includes notebooks listing coins and medals he owned; a record book kept by A.W. Straub, foreman of the Die Makers Room at the U.S. Mint (1880-1886); and correspondence relating to coin production and design for Bolivia (1882, 1883), San Domingo (1897-1900), Costa Rica (1899-1912), Colombia (1902), Venezuela (1902-1903), Honduras (1902-1904), Panama (1902-1910), Haiti (1903-1904), El Salvador (1904), China (1904-1905), Nicaragua (1905), Japan (1908), Liberia (1909), Mexico (1910-1911), and Cuba (1914-1915). Other correspondence relates to topics such as the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868), a request for a new die of the Lincoln medal from Victor David Brenner (1909), and a letter from A.A. Weinman discussing progress and problems with the Mercury Dime and the Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1916),Engraver Charles Edward Barber (1840-1917) was born in London and came to America in 1852. He was the sixth chief engraver at the Philadelphia Mint (1879-1917), a position previously held by his father, William Barber. He is known for his 1883 Liberty Head nickel and 1892 dime, quarter, and half dollar as well as his work on commemorative coins such as the Columbian half dollar (1892), Isabella quarter (1893), and Lafayette dollar (1900). He sculpted the obverse of a President William McKinley memorial gold dollar shortly before his death (1916). He is also remembered for his opposition to the use of non-Mint artists, particularly when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proposed that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens design U.S. coins.]
