1853-P Seated Liberty Dime (1837-1891)
FS-1301
Key Features
FS-1301: Repunched Date - repunching visible right of all four date digits (unhubbed obverse) [Cross-ref: Unhubbed F-107] Source: http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/date_mintmark/1853wa_107page.htm Embodying Christian Gobrecht's classic motif, this run tracked early expansion, the Hard Times economic cycle, and the Civil War.
Intriguing History
By 1853, the California Gold Rush was flooding the country with bullion, prompting new gold denominations and, in 1854, a brand-new branch mint in San Francisco, even as the Compromise of 1850 papered over the deepening sectional dispute over slavery in the new territories. This Seated Liberty dime, Christian Gobrecht's design that anchored small silver coinage for over half a century, was struck during exactly this period.