THE OBVERSE
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Image: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BrandonBigheart" title="User:BrandonBigheart">BrandonBigheart</a> for the photograph; Adolph Weinman for the coin design. (Public domain)

DenominationDime
Country / EmpireUnited States
Obverse DesignWinged Liberty Head (often mistaken for Mercury) wearing a winged Phrygian cap, with 'LIBERTY' above, 'IN GOD WE TRUST' to the left, and the date to the right.
Reverse DesignFasces (a bundle of rods with an axe) symbolizing unity and strength, intertwined with an olive branch symbolizing peace. Inscriptions include 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA', 'E PLURIBUS UNUM', and 'ONE DIME'. The mint mark 'D' is located to the right of 'ONE' and to the left of the fasces.

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