Seated Liberty Half Dime
Seated Liberty Half Dime For the budget-minded or beginner collector, Seated Liberty Half Dime provides an interesting series to collect, with the exception of the 1870S since only one is known to exist today. No Stars Obverse (1837-1838) Designed by Christian Gobrecht, the No Stars Obverse variety of the Seated Liberty Half Dime was minted […]
Seated Liberty Quarter
Seated Liberty Quarter Minted over 50 years, the Seated Liberty Quarter is one of the easier coin series to collect. But a rare find would be those that come with a CC mint mark. In fact, such coins rarely fail to make any collector’s and dealer’s pulse to quicken. It draws attention big time. The coinage […]
$10 Liberty Head Gold Eagle
$10 Liberty Head Gold Eagle (1838-1907) The $10 Liberty Head Gold Eagle is reminiscent of a time when the monetary system was based on denominations of the metal value attached to them. As a result, the US followed in line with European practices in governing their monies by which precious metal they were made of. […]
Roosevelt Dime
Roosevelt Dime The Roosevelt dime replaced the Mercury dime, which was issued from 1916 to 1945. Authorized to be made soon after the passing of Franklin D. Roosevelt, it first circulated in 1946 and remains the dime design to this day. Since the Roosevelt coin doesn’t feature rare dates, it’s not a piece that is […]
Mercury Dime
Mercury Dime Despite being in its name, the Mercury dime does not feature the god Mercury at all. The portrait on the obverse is that of Liberty wearing a Phyrgian cap. But the term Mercury was used to describe the coin early on and the name stuck. The Mercury coin was first minted in 1916 […]
Barber Dime
Barber Dime Issued between the early 1890s to the early 1910s, the Barber Dime was the replacement of the Seated Liberty design used since the 1830s. Calls to change the Seated Liberty coin rang loudly since 1879, however change didn’t come until 1892. The Barber coins were in circulation until 1916. More than half a […]
Seated Liberty Dime
Seated Liberty Dime The Seated Liberty design was the standard in American coinage for decades, including dimes. Although it remained in circulation for more than 50 years, calls for its replacement came in the 1880s when it was nearing the half century mark. It first appeared in 1837, the end of Andrew Jackson’s presidency, and […]
Indian Head $5 Gold Half Eagle
Indian Head $5 Gold Half Eagle Theodore Roosevelt, who served as US president from 1901 to 1909, welcomed new ideas. He was interested in many areas concerning the nation, including coinage design. Roosevelt asked Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the foremost sculptor at the time, to redesign the double eagle and the eagle. The new designs debuted in […]
Liberty Head $5 Gold Half Eagle
Liberty Head $5 Gold Half Eagle The US half eagle gold coin went through several designs throughout its run. Robert Scot’s design kicked off the series in 1795. It was followed by the Draped Bust design by John Reich in 1807. The Classic Head design by William Kneass was released in 1834, which was then replaced […]