The concentration on the Liberty seated type would be about the contrast of these two seated types of Liberty portrayals of Miss Liberty in a seated position. A comparison of Liberty Seated Type I to Type II was included earlier but had a basic description of the history of designing Miss Liberty’s portrait. There has been no specific reason for excluding it. Such an omission concentrates on the design and the condition of Liberty Seated dimes that make Liberty Seated Silver Dimes of 1876 significant in American numismatics.
The Seated Liberty dime is an arbitrary cut-off placed on seated dimes because many collectors abandon a collection before they get to seated dimes or after 1876, the design takes on a different appeal to many for the years 1877 to 1891. Both Liberty seated dimes have their pluses, and no basic difference takes away from either its popularity.
The Seated Liberty dime has its roots in the Great Seal of the United States of America. In the circular tablet at the bottom of the Great Seal, Miss Liberty is portrayed seated and resting on a staff of freedom. Since then, Miss Liberty seated and holding the staff or cap of freedom, wearing a Liberty hat or a coronet of turreted is attribute. In both the seated Liberty designs, 1837 to 1891, and the 1916 Standing Liberty falls within this seated guide. The Seated Liberty silver dimes spanned 144 years. The spindle of wheat with a perpendicular line served for a long time of 54 years.
Historical Background and Design
Besides having its roots in earlier coins, a few changes were made to the design of the 1836 Seated Liberty half-dime, Gobrecht Dollar, and the predecessor of the 1876 Seated Liberty Silver Dime. Lady Liberty was refined with the attributes of the eagle. Liberty had a refinement that many collectors enjoyed, and the position of Liberty had also changed.
She is no longer looking in the same direction as the eagle during the 1876 silver dime, in which most of the variety has Liberty ceased to gaze at the same area of the eagle.
Before fully understanding the significance, it is best to determine the design, history of creation, and the meaning behind the coin. The Seated Liberty Silver Dime that many collectors still covet today was created decades before the coin was struck in 1876. In 1836, another silver denomination, the half-dime, began to show Lady Liberty seated on a rock. This design was similar to another American coin, the Gobrecht Dollar, which made its appearance on the numismatic scene in 1836.
