How Much Is 15 Dimes

Current denomination of U.s. currency

Dime

United States
Value	0.10 U.S. dollar
Mass	2.268 m (0.0729 troy oz)
Diameter	17.91 mm (0.705 in)
Thickness	1.35 mm (0.053 in)
Border	118 reeds
Limerick	Current—91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel Prior to 1965—90% silverish, ten% copper
Years of minting	1796–1798, 1800–1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1814, 1820–1825, 1827–1931, 1934–present
Catalog number	–
Obverse
Design	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Designer	John R. Sinnock
Design appointment	1946
Contrary
Design	Olive branch, torch, oak branch
Designer	John R. Sinnock
Design date	1946

The dime, in United States usage, is a x-cent coin, one 10th of a Us dollar, labeled formally every bit "one dime". The denomination was commencement authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792.

The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.South. coins currently minted for circulation, being 0.705 inches (17.91 millimeters) in diameter and 0.053 in (1.35 mm) in thickness. The obverse of the current dime depicts the profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the reverse boasts an olive branch, a torch, and an oak co-operative, from left to right respectively.

The word dime comes from the Old French disme (Modernistic French dîme), meaning "tithe" or "tenth office", from the Latin decima [pars].^[1] The dime is currently the only United States coin in general circulation that is not denominated in terms of dollars or cents. Every bit of 2011^[update], the dime cost five.65 cents to produce.^[2]

History [edit]

The Coinage Human activity of 1792 established the dime (spelled "disme" in the legislation), cent, and factory every bit subdivisions of the dollar equal to 1⁄10 , i⁄100 and 1⁄yard dollar respectively.

The first known proposal for a decimal-based coinage organization in the Usa was made in 1783 by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and David Rittenhouse. Hamilton, the nation's get-go Secretarial assistant of the Treasury, recommended the issuance of six such coins in 1791, in a written report to Congress. Among the 6 was a silver coin, "which shall be, in weight and value, one-tenth part of a silver unit or dollar".

From 1796 to 1837, dimes were composed of 89.24% silver and ten.76% copper,^[three] the value of which required the coins to be physically very small to prevent their article value being worth more than face value.^[iv] Thus dimes are made small and sparse. The silver pct was increased to ninety.0% with the introduction of the Seated Liberty dime; the use of a richer alloy was offset by reducing the diameter from 18.eight millimeters (0.740 inch) to its current figure of 17.9 millimeters (0.705 inch).^[3]

With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1965, the dime's silvery content was removed. Dimes from 1965 to the nowadays are struck from a clad metal composed of outer layers of 75% copper and 25% nickel alloy, bonded to a pure copper core. Pre-1965 dimes accept followed Gresham's law and vanished from ordinary currency circulation at face up value. Most now merchandise equally informal bullion coins known as junk silver, priced at some multiple of face value, which price follows the spot price of silver on article markets.

Starting in 1992, the U.S. Mint began issuing Silver Proof Sets annually, which incorporate dimes equanimous of the pre-1965 standard of 90% argent and x% copper, then switched to .999 fine silver from 2019 onward. These sets are intended solely for collectors, and are not meant for general circulation.^[3]

Blueprint history [edit]

Since its introduction in 1796, the dime has been issued in six different major types, excluding the 1792 "disme". The proper name for each type (except for the Barber dime) indicates the blueprint on the coin's obverse.

• Draped Bust 1796–1807
• Capped Bosom 1809–1837
• Seated Freedom 1837–1891
• Hairdresser 1892–1916
• Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) 1916–1945
• Roosevelt 1946–nowadays

"Disme" (1792) [edit]

1792 Disme copper design

The Coinage Act of 1792, passed on April 2, 1792, authorized the mintage of a "disme", 1-10th the silverish weight and value of a dollar. The limerick of the disme was set at 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper. In 1792, a express number of dismes were minted but never circulated. Some of these were struck in copper, indicating that the 1792 dismes were in fact pattern coins. The offset dimes minted for apportionment did non appear until 1796, due to a lack of need for the coin and production issues at the United States Mint.^[5]

Draped Bust (1796–1807) [edit]

Draped Bosom dime with small-scale (1797) and heraldic (1800) eagle reverse designs

The get-go dime to be circulated was the Draped Bosom dime, in 1796. It featured the same obverse and contrary as all other circulating coins of the time, the and so-called Draped Bust/Small Eagle design. This design was the work of so-Primary Engraver Robert Scot. The portrait of Liberty on the obverse was based on a Gilbert Stuart cartoon of prominent Philadelphia socialite Ann Willing Bingham, wife of noted American statesman William Bingham. The contrary pattern is of a small bald eagle surrounded by palm and olive branches, and perched on a deject. Since the Coinage Act of 1792 required merely that the cent and one-half cent display their denomination, Draped Bust dimes were minted with no indication of their value.^[6]

All 1796 dimes take 15 stars on the obverse, representing the number of U.Southward. states so in the Union. The first 1797 dimes were minted with xvi stars, reflecting Tennessee's admission as the 16th land. Realizing that the practice of calculation one star per state could quickly clutter the money'southward blueprint, U.South. Mint Director Elias Boudinot ordered a design alteration, to feature just 13 stars (for the original Xiii Colonies). Therefore, 1797 dimes can be found with either 13 or sixteen stars.^{[half dozen]}

As well designed by Robert Scot, the Heraldic Hawkeye reverse design made its debut in 1798. The obverse connected from the previous series, only the eagle on the reverse was changed from the widely criticized "scrawny" hatchling to a scaled-downwardly version of the Great Seal of the U.s.a.. The Draped Bust/Heraldic Eagles series connected through 1807 (although no dimes dated 1799 or 1806 were minted). Both Draped Bust designs were equanimous of 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper.^[vii]

Capped Bust (1809–1837) [edit]

The Draped Bust pattern was succeeded by the Capped Bust, designed by Mint Banana Engraver John Reich. Both the obverse and reverse were changed extensively. The new reverse featured a bald hawkeye grasping 3 arrows (symbolizing strength) and an olive branch (symbolizing peace). Covering the hawkeye's breast is a U.S. shield with six horizontal lines and 13 vertical stripes.^[8] Besides on the reverse is the lettering "10C," making it the merely dime minted with the value given in cents (subsequent issues are inscribed with the words "Ane DIME"). The lack of numeric value markings on subsequent dime coins causes some confusion among foreign visitors, who may exist unaware of the value of the coin. Also, the Capped Bust dime was the beginning dime to have its value written on the coin. Previous designs of the dime had no indication of its value, the way people adamant its value was by its size^{[ commendation needed ]}

Capped Bosom dimes minted through 1828 are known as the Large blazon. This is partially because they were struck without a restraining collar, which gave them a broader appearance. In 1828, Chief Engraver William Kneass introduced the close collar method of coining (which automatic the process of placing reeds on a coin'southward edge). In addition to standardizing the diameter of coins, the new method allowed the Mint to produce thicker coins. To maintain a standard weight and alloy, the bore of about coins was reduced. In particular, the dime was reduced in diameter from 18.8 to 18.v millimeters. This new Capped Bust dime, which began production in 1828, is known every bit the Small type.^[nine] In that location are 123 varieties known of Capped Bust Dimes.

Seated Liberty (1837–1891) [edit]

Top down: 1838-O (no stars), 1838 (stars, no drapery), 1853 (stars & arrows), 1860 (legend), 1874 (legend & arrows)

Christian Gobrecht completed the design of the Seated Freedom dime, whose obverse was used with every circulating silver U.Due south. coin of the period. Mint Manager Robert Maskell Patterson requested a new money blueprint, to be reminiscent of the Britannia image found on coinage of the United Kingdom. Chief Engraver William Kneass drew the original sketches, simply suffered a stroke and was too ill to finish them or to oversee preparation of the dies. The task then fell to Gobrecht, who was promoted to Second Engraver.^[10]

The obverse features an paradigm of Liberty sitting on a rock, wearing a clothes and holding a staff with a liberty cap on top. Her right hand is balancing a shield with the inscription "LIBERTY." The reverse featured the inscription "ONE DIME," surrounded past a wreath. All Seated Freedom dimes contain 90% silverish and 10% copper, and are 17.9 millimeters (0.705 inch) in diameter. This size and metal composition would go on until 1965, when silverish was permanently removed from circulating dimes.^[x]

There were several minor varieties during the Seated Freedom's run. The initial design (1837) had no stars on the obverse and, further, the dates were minted in a Large Date and Minor Date diversity. These ii types can be distinguished by noting the "3" and the "7" in the date. In the Large Date multifariousness, the "3" has a pointed serif at top, and the horizontal element of the "seven" is directly. In the Small Engagement variety, the "3" has a rounded serif, and there is small-scale a knob, or bulge, in the "7" horizontal element.^[10] Only the Philadelphia Mint made both varieties. The Small Appointment is slightly rarer. The New Orleans Mint also made the Seated Freedom Dime in this year, but just in the Small Date multifariousness.^[10]

Thirteen stars (symbolizing the xiii original colonies) were added to the perimeter of the obverse in 1838.^[xi] These were replaced with the fable "United states," which was moved from the reverse in mid-1860. At the same time, the laurel wreath on the reverse was changed to a wreath of corn, wheat, maple, and oak leaves and expanded nigh to the rim of the coin. This reverse design continued through the stop of the series in 1891 and was inverse only slightly in 1892, when the Barber dime debuted. Another variety is the 1838–twoscore dime minted with no drapery underneath the left elbow of Freedom.^[3]

1874 cc Seated Freedom dime, with arrows

Arrows at the appointment in 1853 and 1873 indicated changes fabricated in the money'due south mass (from 2.67 grams to 2.49 grams in 1853, so to 2.50 grams in 1873). The first alter was made in response to rising silver prices, while the latter alteration was brought about past the Mint Act of 1873 which, in an try to make U.S. coinage the currency of the world, added a small amount of mass to the dime, quarter, and half-dollar to bring their weights in line with fractions of the French 5-franc piece.^[12] The change likewise ensured the quarter dollar (which is valued ii.five times the dime) weighed 2.5 times the dime (6.25g), and the half dollar (twice the value of the quarter dollar) weighed twice what the quarter dollar weighed (12.5g). In this way, a specific weight of these coins, no affair the mixture of denominations, would always be worth the same. This relation in weight and value connected in the cupronickel coins from 1965 on.

This produced the greatest rarities in the Seated Dime Series, the 1873 and 1874 Carson Metropolis Dimes, with arrows and the unique 1873 Carson City Dime without arrows.^[13]

Hairdresser (1892–1916) [edit]

The Hairdresser dime is named for its designer, Charles E. Barber, who was Main Engraver of the U.S. Mint from 1879 to 1917. The blueprint was shared with the quarter and half-dollar of the same period. Extensive internal politics surrounded the awarding of the design task, which had initially been opened to the public. A iv-fellow member committee (which included Hairdresser), appointed by then-Mint Director James Kimball, accorded only two of more than than 300 submissions an honorable mention. Kimball's successor, Edward O. Leech, decided to dispense with the committees and public design competitions and simply instructed Hairdresser to develop a new design. Information technology has been speculated that this is what Barber had wanted all forth.^[14]

The Barber dime, as with all previous dimes, featured an paradigm of Freedom on the obverse. She is wearing a Phrygian cap, a laurel wreath with a ribbon, and a headband with the inscription "Liberty". This inscription is one of the fundamental elements used in determining the condition of Barber dimes.^[three] Liberty's portrait was inspired by two sources—French coins and medals of the period, as well every bit aboriginal Greek and Roman sculpture. The obverse also contains the long-used 13 stars (for the xiii colonies) design chemical element. The reverse contained a wreath and inscription almost identical to the i used on the final design of the Seated Liberty dime.^[14] Dimes were produced at all four of the mints that operated during the period. While circulated coins of the entire serial are readily bachelor to collectors there is one outstanding rarity, the 1894-Due south Barber Dime. 20-four were minted, with 9 currently known.

Winged Liberty Caput ("Mercury") (1916–1945) [edit]

1936 Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime

Although most commonly referred to as the "Mercury" dime, the Winged Freedom Head does non draw the Roman messenger god. The obverse figure is a depiction of the mythological goddess Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap, a classic Western symbol of liberty and freedom, with its wings intended to symbolize freedom of thought. Designed by noted sculptor Adolph A. Weinman, the Winged Liberty Head dime is considered by many to be ane of the most cute U.S. coin designs ever produced.^[fifteen] The limerick (xc% argent, x% copper) and diameter (17.9 millimeters) of the "Mercury" dime was unchanged from the Hairdresser dime.

Weinman (who had studied nether Augustus Saint-Gaudens) won a 1915 contest against ii other artists for the blueprint job, and is idea to have modeled his version of Liberty on Elsie Kachel Stevens, wife of noted poet Wallace Stevens.^[15] The reverse design, a fasces juxtaposed with an olive co-operative, was intended to symbolize America's readiness for war, combined with its desire for peace. Although the fasces was afterwards officially adopted past Benito Mussolini and his National Fascist Party, the symbol was besides common in American iconography and has generally avoided any stigma associated with its usage in wartime Italia.^[xv]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1946–present) [edit]

Soon after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, legislation was introduced by Virginia Congressman Ralph H. Daughton that called for the replacement of the Mercury dime with one bearing Roosevelt's image.^[16] The dime was chosen to honor Roosevelt partly due to his efforts in the founding of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (afterwards renamed the March of Dimes), which originally raised money for polio research and to aid victims of the affliction and their families.^[17]

Due to the limited corporeality of fourth dimension available to pattern the new money, the Roosevelt dime was the first regular-event U.S. coin designed by a Mint employee in more than 40 years. Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock was chosen, every bit he had already designed a Mint presidential medal of Roosevelt.^[sixteen] Sinnock'due south outset blueprint, submitted on Oct 12, 1945, was rejected, but a subsequent one was accepted on January 6, 1946.^[eighteen] The dime was released to the public on January 30, 1946, which would have been Roosevelt's 64th birthday.^[19] Sinnock'due south pattern placed his initials ("JS") at the base of operations of Roosevelt'due south neck, on the coin's obverse. His reverse design elements of a torch, olive co-operative, and oak branch symbolized, respectively, freedom, peace, and force.^[xviii]

Controversy immediately ensued, as strong anti-Communist sentiment in the United States led to the circulation of rumors that the "JS" engraved on the coin was the initials of Joseph Stalin, placed in that location by a Soviet agent in the mint.^{[16] [xx] [21]} The Mint rapidly issued a statement denying this, confirming that the initials were indeed Sinnock's. The aforementioned rumor arose subsequently the release of the Sinnock designed Franklin half dollar in April 1948.

Another controversy surrounding Sinnock'south design involves his image of Roosevelt. Soon subsequently the coin'due south release, it was claimed that Sinnock borrowed his design of Roosevelt from a bas relief created by African American sculptor Selma Burke, unveiled at the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C. in September 1945. Sinnock denied this and stated that he simply utilized his before design on the Roosevelt medal.^[sixteen]

With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1965, the limerick of the dime inverse from xc% silverish and 10% copper to a clad "sandwich" of pure copper inner layer between two outer layers of cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) alloy^[22] giving a total composition of 91.67% Cu and eight.33% Ni. This composition was selected considering it gave similar mass (now 2.268 grams instead of 2.5 grams) and electrical properties (important in vending machines)—and most importantly, because it contained no precious metal.

Since 1946 the Roosevelt dime has been minted every twelvemonth. Through 1955, all 3 mints, Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco produced circulating coinage; production at San Francisco ended in 1955, resuming in 1968 with proof coinage merely. Through 1964 "D" and "S" mintmarks can be found to the left of the torch. From 1968, the mintmarks have appeared above the date. None were used in 1965–67, and Philadelphia did not testify a mintmark until 1980 (in 1982, an error left the "P" off a small number of dimes, which are now valuable). To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the blueprint, the 1996 mint sets included a "Westward" mintmarked dime made at the Westward Bespeak Mint.^[18] A total of 1,457,000 dimes were issued in the sets, making it the everyman mintage Roosevelt dime upwards to that fourth dimension.^[23] Since and then, the "P" mint marker 2015 opposite proof dime and "W" mint mark 2015 proof dime, minted at Philadelphia and West Betoken for inclusion in the March of Dimes collector set up,^[24] have the everyman mintages with 75,000 pieces struck for each.

See also [edit]

• 1792 half disme
• Brother, Can You lot Spare a Dime?, a popular song of the Smashing Depression
• Dime store, also known every bit a "5 and dime"
• Dime novel, later known as dime store novel
• March of Dimes
• "Stop on a dime"
• United States Mint coin production

References [edit]

1. ^ Dime. Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, 1989.
2. ^ "US Mint Coin FAQ". Usmint.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-04-xiii .
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Yeoman, R.S., A Guide Book of U.s. Coins (2004 edition), Whitman Publishing, 2003. ISBN one-58238-199-2.
4. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions" Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. The U.s.a. Mint. Retrieved July xix, 2006.
5. ^ coincollectingguide.com Retrieved on 2010-ii-9
6. ^ ^{a b} Draped Bosom Dime:Small Eagle Retrieved on 2010-ii-9
7. ^ Draped Bust Dime:Heraldic Hawkeye Retrieved on 2010-2-ix
8. ^ History of the Capped Bust Dime (1809-1828) Retrieved on 2010-2-9
9. ^ History of the Capped Bust Dime (1828-1837) Retrieved on 2010-2-9
10. ^ ^{a b c d} History of the Seated Liberty Dime (Diverseness I) Retrieved on 2010-two-9
11. ^ History of the Seated Freedom Dime (Variety Two) Retrieved on 2010-2-nine
12. ^ History of the Seated Liberty Dime (Diverseness III) Retrieved on 2010-2-9
13. ^ History of the Seated Liberty Dime (Multifariousness V) Retrieved on 2010-two-ix
14. ^ ^{a b} History of the Barber Dime Retrieved on 2010-ii-9
15. ^ ^{a b c} History of the Mercury Dime Retrieved on 2010-2-9
16. ^ ^{a b c d} Yanchunas, Dom. "The Roosevelt Dime at 60." COINage Magazine, February 2006.
17. ^ "Conservatives want Reagan to replace FDR on U.S. dimes". Usa Today. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
18. ^ ^{a b c} NGC History of the Roosevelt Dime Archived 2011-07-fourteen at the Wayback Car Retrieved on 2010-ii-7
19. ^ Churchill On Vacation, 1946/01/21 (1946). Universal Newsreel. 1946. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
20. ^ "Stalin for Dime". Snopes. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
21. ^ Coins: Questions and Answers, 1964 edition, Krause Publications
22. ^ "Gometaldetecting.com". Gometaldetecting.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13 .
23. ^ The Official Red Volume: A Guide Book of Us Coins 2009 by R. S. Yeoman ISBN 978-0-7948-2494-5
24. ^ [1] Us Mint

External links [edit]

• Official specifications for all U.South. legal tender coins Archived 2009-11-11 at the Wayback Car

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