Coin specifications and design
Design identification
Obverse: Liberty Head portrait by Charles E. Barber.
Reverse: ONE DIME enclosed by an agricultural wreath of corn, wheat, maple, and oak.
U.S. Mint coin reference
1892-1916 Barber Dime
Barber Dime 90% silver Barber dime reference.
Barber Dime history
The Barber dime was introduced in 1892 as part of a coordinated redesign of the dime, quarter, and half dollar by U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. It replaced the long-running Liberty Seated dime and remained in production through 1916. Unlike the Barber quarter and half dollar, the dime used a wreath on the reverse rather than a heraldic eagle. The type gave way to Adolph A. Weinman’s Winged Liberty Head, commonly called the Mercury dime, later in 1916.