1857 Seated Liberty Dime, NGC AU-55

Here's another seated liberty type for my typeset. This time is the dime. I can't say this is amongst my favorite designs, but there is a certain charm to the seated liberty nonetheless.



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It always bothers me that she is not looking forward.

 

Happy to oblige. Here's my 1857 dime.

 

Gobrecht's original artwork was better. The mint brought in Robert Ball Hughes to redo it, perhaps because his modified design resulted in longer die life. It sure wasn't based on beauty.

 

Here are my 5 Metal Detected Seated Dime.
The best one is the 1891 on the bottom left..

 

A seated dime is my bucket lister in metal detecting. Just Barber dimes/ one Barber Quarter found for Silver that is.