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1 Dime 'Seated Liberty Dime' with stars and date arrows
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 1853-1855 |
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| Diameter | 17.9 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination ONE DIME in two bold lines at the center of the field, enclosed within an open laurel and oak wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The circular legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA arcs around the upper periphery, rendered in raised Latin capitals. The wreath is rendered in fine detail with alternating leaves and berries, characteristic of the mid-nineteenth-century engraving style employed at the Philadelphia Mint. |
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| Mintage | 1853 - - 12,173,000 1853 - Proof - 5 1853 O - - 1,100,000 1854 - - 4,470,000 1854 - Proof - 15 1854 O - - 1,770,000 1855 - - 2,075,000 1855 - Proof - 25 |
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The arrows flanking the date on this type were added in 1853 to signal a congressionally mandated reduction in silver content — the coin's weight dropped from 2.67g to 2.49g in response to rising silver prices that had made hoarding and melting profitable. It was one of the few times the Mint proactively altered a circulating denomination before the problem became catastrophic. The arrows were dropped after 1855, once the public had adjusted to the lighter standard.