Coin specifications and design
Design identification
Obverse: Liberty seated on a rock holding shield and pole.
Reverse: ONE DIME enclosed by a wreath; the 1860 redesign moves UNITED STATES OF AMERICA from the reverse to the obverse.
U.S. Mint coin reference
Liberty Seated Dime
Long-running Seated Liberty dime type.
Liberty Seated Dime history
The Liberty Seated dime was introduced in 1837 and remained in production for more than half a century. Christian Gobrecht’s seated figure of Liberty became one of the most durable motifs in nineteenth-century American coinage. The series changed several times, including the addition of stars, temporary arrows at the date to mark weight adjustments, and the move of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA to the obverse in 1860. The design lasted through 1891 before the Barber dime replaced it.