The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 15, April 11, 2004, Article 7

THE 1894-S DIME

  Bill Murray writes: "The recent COIN WORLD article by
  Rich Kelly and Nancy Oliver re: the San Francisco Mint
  cornerstone indicates the meticulous research representative
  of these two.  Their book, The Mighty Fortress, includes
  previously undiscovered information about the 1894-S dime.

  "The Barber Dime bearing the S mintmark was said to have
  been struck in just 24 specimens.  New evidence, concerning
  their purpose, has been uncovered within the old 19th Century
  leather bound ledgers of this branch mint. ...three interesting
  telegrams sent (from the San Francisco Mint to Mint Director
  Robert Preston list five 1894 S dimes for the Assay
  Commission.) Did these five add to the total of 24 making it
  29 pieces? Another new element to the story is the
  abundance of letters in 1894 & 1895, from the public, asking
  about this issue of coin.  All of these letters proving
  the public's knowledge of the 1894-S dime's existence,
  appear five years before the first example was announced to
  the general public in June 1900" Thus the saga of the 1894-S
  Barber Dime persists. Perhaps these words will add to
  its story, but the pursuit of the truth as well.  Whatever the case,
  or the count, the full history of the 1894-S Dime may always
  remain an elusive mystery."

  Kelly's and Oliver's book about the 2nd San Francisco Mint
  deserves reading"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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