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Dime

1891-P Seated Liberty Dime (1837-1891)

FS-301

Key Features

FS-301: Misplaced Date - top loop of an 8 or 9 digit visible in denticles [Cross-ref: F-107] Source: http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/date_mintmark/1891_107page.htm Embodying Christian Gobrecht's classic motif, this run tracked early expansion, the Hard Times economic cycle, and the Civil War.

Intriguing History

In 1891, industrial America kept booming under Cleveland and Harrison, with the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 further swelling the nation's silver coinage even as labor unrest, from the 1886 Haymarket affair onward, exposed the strains of the era's rapid, often ruthless growth. This Seated Liberty dime, Christian Gobrecht's design that anchored small silver coinage for over half a century, was struck during exactly this period.

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