10 Cents
date: label: Date made
content: 1796
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Scot, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1796
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with flowing hair and draped bust. 15 stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1796
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Small eagle within wreath.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
label: Description
content: In 1796, the first ten-cent piece, or dime, was introduced. The silver coin was designed by Robert Scot, who placed a somewhat scrawny eagle on the reverse. The small eagle did not satisfy post-revolutionary America’s burgeoning national pride, so a more robust heraldic eagle was adopted two years later.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.00312
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.00312
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: CM01462
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 mm x 20 mm; 1/32 in x 25/32 in