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The large date can be distinguished by the fact that the date is more in a straight line, similar to dates of later years for the Seated Liberty. Only the Philadelphia Mint made half dimes in this year. The Liberty Seated dime of 1838 minted in New Orleans was the first U.S. coin struck at a branch mint. [6]
All Seated Liberty dimes contain 90% silver and 10% copper, and are 17.9 millimeters (0.705 inch) in diameter. This size and metal composition would continue until 1965, when silver was permanently removed from circulating dimes. [10] There were several minor varieties during the Seated Liberty's run.
The mint mark is located in the wreath. The Seated Liberty dime of 1838 is said to be the first silver coin minted in New Orleans. Arrows also appear around the date for some of the 1853 and all of the 1854-55 issues. Barber: 1892–1903, 1905–1909 Note the mint mark on the reverse below the wreath. The 1895-O is considered the "key" issue of ...
A few 1970-S Roosevelt Dimes were mistakenly struck without the mint mark, making them valuable to collectors. Coin Appraiser has this coin valued at approximately $250. 4. 1972-S Roosevelt Dime
Seated Liberty dime (1871–1878) Twenty-cent piece (1875–76) Seated Liberty quarter (1870–1878) Seated Liberty half dollar (1870–1878) Seated Liberty dollar (1870–1873) Trade dollar (1873–1878) Morgan dollar (1878–1885 and 1889-1893) Note: A Seated Liberty dollar was the first coin to be struck at Carson City.
An 1858 Seated Liberty half dollar. For much of the second half of the 19th century, most U.S. silver coins bore a design of a seated Liberty. This design had been created by Christian Gobrecht, an engraver at the United States Mint in Philadelphia, after a sketch by artist Thomas Sully, and introduced to U.S. coins in the late 1830s.
The dime, struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, is so valuable because it is just one of two dimes missing an "S" mark for San Francisco. Ohio sisters inherit dime with an obvious ...
The Seated Liberty dollar was a dollar coin struck by the United States Mint from 1840 to 1873 and designed by its chief engraver, Christian Gobrecht. It was the last silver coin of that denomination to be struck before passage of the Coinage Act of 1873 , which temporarily ended production of the silver dollar for American commerce.