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1884, Ten Cents, Seated Liberty Dime, Legend Obverse, Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) Super Gem Proof CAMEO 67 with "Star" Designation.
NOTE: NGC graders place a "star designation" on coins that they feel have "exceptional eye appeal." ...

 


Ten cents was a significant sum of money, nearly two hours' pay at the Stevens mill. Thus, the American public took very careful note of the new 10-cent piece just showing up in its pocket change at the time: the Seated Liberty dime.

CAPPED BUST TEN CENTS OR DIME (1809-1837)
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Both the one cent (penny) and the five cent (nickel) are larger than the dime, worth ten cents, and the less common 50-cent coin is larger than the recent Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony dollar coins.

The Sierra Leone Company struck a more extensive series of coins than its other African counterpart, the issue in 1791 consisting of a silver dollar, fifty, twenty and ten cents and copper cents and pennies: the ten cents and pennies were again ...

"Good Fors": Sometimes tokens have a face value, good only in exchange, such as one cent, five cents, ten cents, or are denominated some other way such as "GOOD FOR ONE DRINK," "GOOD FOR ONE FARE," or, in the case of a token issued by Si Rowe, ...

Ten cents - Franklin Roosevelt (1946 to present)
Quarter - George Washington (1932 to present)
Half dollar - John Kennedy (1964 to present)
Dollar - Sacagawea (2000 to present) ...

Denomination - the face value of a coin, such as one cent, ten cents, etc.
Denticles - the toothlike projections seen on the borders of older U. S. coins
Device - a raised design element on a coin, such as a portrait or lettering ...

10 A dime is a coin minted by the United States with a denomination of 1/10th of a United States dollar or ten cents.
Dime (United States)
Value: 0.10 US dollars
Mass: 2.268 g
Diameter: 17.91 mm
Thickness: 1.35 mm
Edge: 118 reeds
Composition: 91.

Dime: U.S. coin with a face value of Ten Cents.
ding: a small mark on the surface or edge of a coin.
dip: to clean a coin in a chemical bath to remove toning.

The coins actually struck for the Province of Canada beginning in 1858 included silver pieces valued at five cents, ten cents and twenty cents.

Blower's patent Waterproof Composition (a compound for use on shoes and boots) could expect to make about ten cents an hour.

Randall at ninety cents a hundred. It took decades to disperse the "Randall hoard." By 1912, these cents cost ten cents each or six dollars a hundred. By 1950 they ran six to ten dollars apiece. By 1985 they cost even more.

It and the large cent were the only denominations issued for regular circulation during the U.S. Mint's first year of operation, 1793. In the early 1800s the half cent had surprising buying power. You could buy a beer or a cold supper for ten cents ...

See also: Ten Cent, Ten, Dollar, Mint, Revers