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New designs were submitted by Mint engravers throughout the early 1880s, but the only outcome was the production of a new nickel in 1883 designed by Chief Engraver Charles Barber. In 1891, when there was much discussion of a public competition for new designs for the dime, quarter dollar and half dollar, Barber reported to Mint Director James Kimball that there was no one in the country who was capable of assisting him in preparing original designs.
What Barber did was to modify the large head used on the Morgan dollar by adding a Liberty cap and cropping Liberty's hair shorter in back. He then placed his initial B on the truncation of the neck. The reverse uses almost exactly the same wreath used on the Seated Liberty dime of 1860-91.
What Barber did accomplish with his new dime, though, was to design and place into production a coin that would meet the striking requirements of modern, high-speed coin presses. As a Mint employee he was acutely aware of the need for coins to be designed so they would strike up with one blow from the coin press. His objection to outsiders was, no doubt, due in part to jealousy, but in all fairness he did understand the exacting specifications required to strike millions of coins for commercial purposes.
The first Barber dimes were struck on January 2, 1892. Over half a billion pieces were struck during the next twenty-five years. Some issues have mintages as small as 500,000 (such as 1895-O, 1901-S and 1913-S), while others were struck in quantities as large as 22 million (1907-P). At one time or another four mints struck these coins, and the mintmark of Denver (D), San Francisco (S) and New Orleans (O) can be found on the lower reverse below the knot in the bow (there being no mintmark for coins struck in Philadelphia).
| U.S. MINT SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination: |
$ .10 |
| Obverse Image: |
Barber Head |
| Reverse Image: |
The Inscription "ONE DIME," surrounded by a wreath |
| Metal Composition: |
90% silver, 10% copper |
| Total Weight: |
2.5 grams |
| Comments: |
The term 'dime' comes from the French word disme, meaning "tithe" or "tenth part." |
All Items will include the Mint specifications and The Calculated Melt Value on the date it was Listed,
Please use this information Only as a guide
To locate and gradeThis coin for yourself.
The Reserve If one is set will not be
Below the Melt value of a coin.
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$2.08 is the total melt value for the Seated Liberty silver dime on January 07, 2011.
Using the latest metal prices and the specifications from the US mint,
these are the numbers required to calculate melt value.
This is not what A Coin's Real Worth Is and will not sell for this amount either.
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$28.69
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silver price / ounce on January 7, 2011
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.90
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silver %
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$4.2671
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copper price / pound on January 7, 2011
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.10
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copper %
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2.5
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total weight in grams
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.0321507466
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ounce/gram conversion factor
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.00220462262
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pound/gram conversion factor
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