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Draped Bust Type
(1796 - 1797)Small Eagle/Draped Bust Type (1798 - 1807) Heraldic
Eagle
 
The Draped Bust Type US Dime came in two varieties, the small eagle
reverse and and heraldic eagle reverse. These US dimes, along with
the other varieties closely resembled the designs of the half
dimes. Besides being larger in diameter and weighing a bit
more, you couldn't tell the two coins apart. The
designer was Robert Scot. The had a weight of 2.7 grams,
and was composed of .8924 silver and .1076 copper. The
coins had a diameter of 19 millimeters, with a reeded edge, and was coined
at the Philadelphia Mint.
Capped Bust Type (1809 - 1837)
The Capped Bust US Dime was designed by John Reich and it too closely
resembled the half dime of the time. It had two varieties
of the time (which you can research in your coin price guides or
collectors books) which the obverse of the coin features a bust
of Lady Liberty facing to the left. Thirteen stars
surround her and the date was below her. On the reverse
features the American Eagle with a union shield on its chest.
E. Pluribus Unum slight above the eagles head and United States
of America lined the around the rim of the coin. The dime
weighs 2.7 grams, and was composed of .8924 silver and .1076
copper. It has a diameter of 18.8 millimeters, with a reeded edge, and was coined at the Philadelphia Mint.
Liberty Seated Type (1837 - 1891)
The Liberty Seated US Dime made its first appearance in 1837, and
features a Seated Liberty and a date below her. This
design was short lived and replaced by a new obverse with
thirteen stars surrounding the seated Liberty. On the
reverse of the coin features ONE DIME surrounded by a olive
wreath with United States of America around the rim of the coin.
The designer of the Liberty Seated US Dime was Christian Gobrecht,
the coin weighed 2.67 grams, and had a composition of .9 silver
and .1 copper. Its diameter was 17.9 millimeters, had a
reeded edge and was coined in both the Philadelphia Mint and the
New Orleans Mint. This dime had four varieties of the coin,
which you can research in any of the coin collectors guides and
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