10 Cents, Pattern, United States, 1916
date: label: date made
content: 1916
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Weinman, Adolph A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 cent coin, pattern
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1916
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a winged cap.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1916
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Fasces with laurel branch entwined.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE DIME / E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Description
content: In 1915, the Treasury held a contest with the ultimate aim of creating beautiful, memorable American coins. The winner for his dime was Adolph Alexander Weinman who was born in Germany in 1880 and immigrated with his widowed mother to New York City in 1890. Weinman depicted a modern head of Liberty, off-center, complete with a winged cap symbolizing freedom of thought. This pattern was evaluated and later adjusted and led to the so-called "Mercury" dime for which Weinman is well-known. Only three of these samples are known to exist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0551.0760
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0551.0760
label: accession number
content: 1985.0551
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: .12 cm x 1.8 cm; 1/16 in x 23/32 in