1837 Seated Liberty Dime The design had been based on a sketch prepared by Thomas Sully depicting Liberty seated on a rock, drawing inspiration from the depiction of Britannia on contemporary British coinage. Th
Q. David Bowers (edited and updated by Mike Sherman):The first Liberty Seated dime variety is without obverse stars and closely parallels the half dime of the same era. Indeed, the mintage was accomplished similarly: pieces were struck only at the Philadelphia Mint in 1837 and only at the N...