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''Recorded mintage:'' 430,000<sup>[2]</sup>, a slightly better date.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 430,000<sup>[2]</sup>, a slightly better date.
  
''Specification:'' 2.49 g, .900 fine silver, reeded edge.
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''Specification:'' 2.49 g, 0.900 fine silver, reeded edge.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM A63.2.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM A63.2.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[2]</sup>Bruce, Colin R., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 5th ed''., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2006.
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* <sup>[2]</sup>Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), ''A Guide Book of United States Coins, 59th Ed.,'' Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2005.  
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* Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), ''A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed.,'' Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.  
  
 
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* [[United States 1859 half dime|1859 half dime]]
 
* [[United States 1859 half dime|1859 half dime]]
 
* [[United States 1859-C 5 dollars|1859-C 5 dollars]]
 
* [[United States 1859-C 5 dollars|1859-C 5 dollars]]
* [[Liberty Seated Dime, Stars Obverse, With Drapery (1840-1860)]]
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* [[United States 1859-S 10 dollars|1859-S 10 dollars]]
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* [[United States 1859-S 20 dollars|1859-S 20 dollars]]
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* [[United States 1862 dime|1862 dime]]
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* return to [[United States Seated Liberty Dimes (1837-1891)]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1859]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1859]]
  
 
[[Category:Silver dimes of the world]][[Category:Coinage of the United States]]
 
[[Category:Silver dimes of the world]][[Category:Coinage of the United States]]

Latest revision as of 08:29, 21 February 2024

from the Molly Malone Collection
United States 1859 dime rev JM.jpg

This design was struck at Philadelphia (shown here), New Orleans and San Francisco 1840-60. It known as the Seated Liberty, With Drapery type. This subtype, struck 1856-60 after the weight was reduced in 1853, is common and this is a fairly common date thereof.

Recorded mintage: 430,000[2], a slightly better date.

Specification: 2.49 g, 0.900 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM A63.2.

Source:

  • [2]Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

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