Echoes of 1776 on the 2026 Dime
March 21, 2026
The nation’s smallest coin has received a lot of attention lately for what at first appears to be a minor modification. The olive branch—long a symbol of peace—has been removed from the eagle’s talons on the reverse of the one-year-only 2026 semiquincentennial Emerging Liberty dime. The eagle, as it appears on the Great Seal of the United States, traditionally holds both arrows, representing war, and an olive branch.
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