Capped
Bust (1809-1837)
The Capped Bust Dime replaced the Draped Bust Dime in 1809. The obverse
follows U.S. Mint Engraver John Reich's motif for the Half Dollar of
1807: Liberty wearing.... click
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Liberty
Seated (1837-1891)
In 1837 the Capped Bust Dime was replaced by the Liberty Seated Dime.
The Liberty Seated Dime features Mint Engraver Christian Gobrecht's
image from the 1836.... click
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Liberty
Head or Barber (1892-1916)
In 1887, Mint Director James P. Kimball informed the US Congress that he was requesting a coinage redesign because he felt the US coinage was inferior to other countries.... click
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Mercury
(1917-1945)
The Coinage Act of 1890 required that each coin design be in production for a minimum of 25 years. In 1915, U.S. Mint Director Robert W. Woolley misinterpreted the act and determined that no coin design could stay in production.... click
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Roosevelt (1946-Date)
The Roosevelt dime was issued in 1946 to honor the recently deceased Franklin D. Roosevelt. The dime was selected as the coin to bear President Roosevelt's image since he had been a strong proponent of the March of Dimes Campaign.... click
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