Can someone please explain

[JoAnne]

What makes a barber dime a barber dime? Is it the period of time it was minted? I figured out what a seated coin is - it is the lady is sitting correct? Sorr to be so niave but just learning about all this stuff. JoAnne

[bbqcook]

JoAnne, This should explain

http://www.coinresource.com/guide/ph...BarberDime.htm

[PAPPY]

JoAnne, After many years of using a seated figure of Liberty on the dime, it was decided in 1892 to return to a facial portrait. The designer was CHARLES E. BARBER, resulting in the coin coming to be popularly known among collectors as the BARBER DIME.
Liberty wears a wreath and is encircled by the inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, with the date appearing below the portrait. The reverse is unchanged from that used earlier, the words ONE DIME enclosed in a wreath. This coin's weight was set at 2.5 grams. Its composition was nine parts silver to one part copper and its diameter 17.9mm. It was struck at Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco and New Orleans.
The very rare 1894 San Francisco minting, of which only twenty-four were produced, is the stellar item of the series.
In 1916 the Liberty Head design was replaced by the so called Mercury Head....PAPPY

[rip]

Hey Joanne ! This is another good site.good luck ! http://www.coinfacts.com/

[JoAnne]

Wow thanks guys - you are the best.