Designer Estate Silver & Turquoise Navajo Cuff Bracelet with 1906 U.S. Barber Coin - Price: 162.00 in Atlanta, Georgia

 
This is a Lisa LePaige Estate Nouveau  original creation.  This Silver Cuff bracelet is an original Native American Navajo band cuff bracelet with natural turquoise accents.  The centerpiece is a collectible genuine silver  xxxx U.S. Barber Half Dollar coin.  I blended the pieces together for a spectacular example of history in handmade Native American Jewelry and historic American coins. 
History of the Coin:  The Barber coinage consisted of a dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by United States Bureau of the Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. They were minted between xxxx and xxxx, though no half dollars were struck in the final year of the series.
By the late xxxxs, there were increasing calls for the replacement of the Seated Liberty design, used since the xxxxs on most denominations of silver coins. In xxxx, Mint Director Edward O. Leech, having been authorized by Congress to approve coin redesigns, ordered a competition, seeking a new look for the silver coins. As only the winner would receive a cash prize, invited artists refused to participate and no entry from the general public proved suitable. Leech instructed Barber to prepare new designs for the dime, quarter, and half dollar, and after the chief engraver made changes to secure Leech's endorsement, they were approved by President Benjamin Harrison in November xxxx. Striking of the new coins began the following January.
Charles Barber
Charles E. Barber was born in London in xxxx. His grandfather, John Barber, led the family to America in the early xxxxs. Both John and his son William were engravers and Charles followed in their footsteps. The Barber family initially lived in Boston upon their arrival to the United States, though they later moved to Providence to allow William to work for the Gorham Manufacturing Company. William Barber's skills came to the attention of Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre, who hired him as an assistant engraver in xxxx; when Longacre died in xxxx, William Barber became chief engraver and Charles was hired as an assistant engraver
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