<h1>Draped Bust/Small Eagle Dimes 1796-1797</h1><newline> Although the dime is an essential part of the decimal coinage system, it was one of the last coins issued by the United States Mint when operations first began. By the time it made its debut in 1796, as [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Draped Bust/Heraldic Eagle Dimes 1798-1807, Photo courtesy Barry At the end of the 18th century the United States of America was just beginning to grow. Vermont achieved statehood in 1791, followed by Kentucky the next year. The western frontier was still in the eastern [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Capped Bust Small Size Dimes 1828-1837 In 1823, little more than a decade after the War of 1812 in which the United States fought for its free use of the seas, President James Monroe issued a foreign policy statement which was to affect the development of the Western Hemisphere for the next century. This Monroe Doctrine [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Seated Liberty No Stars Dimes 1837-1838 The decade of the 1830s was shaped by Andrew Jackson’s stormy presidency. The former frontier general and hero of the War of 1812 enjoyed a special place in the public’s heart in an era when military heroes were national celebrities, not unlike movie or sports stars of today. Jackson viewed [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Seated Liberty Stars Obverse Dimes 1838-1860 By 1838, “Hard Times” had descended upon the nation. Thousands of people quite literally didn’t know where their next meal was coming from. The deep economic depression brought on by over-speculation and a collapse in real estate prices almost halved the price of cotton and forced every New England textile [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Seated Liberty With Arrows Dimes 1853-1855 All that glitters isn’t gold-sometimes it’s silver. This twist on the age-old maxim was to plague U.S. coinage from its very beginnings. The ever-fluctuating prices of silver and gold, coupled with Congress’ misguided coinage law and the Mint’s internal problems, constantly frustrated efforts to keep an adequate supply of precious [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Seated Liberty Legend Obverse Dimes 1860-1891 By 1860 the average American citizen was becoming increasingly aware of the small change in his pockets. At long last there were plenty of coins to use in daily transactions. Less than a decade earlier silver coins barely circulated at all, because their melt value exceeded their face value. Congress [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Seated Liberty With Arrows Dimes 1873-1874 After three years of postponements, innumerable revisions and committee conferences, the Mint Act of 1873 was finally passed on February 12, 1873. This same Mint Act was to be referred to in later years as the “Crime of ‘73″, because it was alleged to have been passed by a sleepy [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Barber Dimes 1892-1916 As early as 1879, public dissatisfaction with the Seated Liberty design was heard in Washington and Philadelphia. It was felt by many that the nation’s coin designs were second-rate, but few could have predicted how [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Mercury Dimes 1916-1945 Despite its tiny size, the “Mercury” dime may very well be the most beautiful coin ever produced by the United States Mint. It is truly remarkable that a coin this small could have such an intricate and [...]
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