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Click for larger image Pattern Name: AMERICAN COIN - Dime
Pattern Motif: Commemorative
Glass Type: Non-Flint
Decoration: Frosted
Manufacturer: U. S. Glass Company
Era: 1890s
Description: 50 Favorites - 27. American Coin glass was first produced in 1891 by the Central Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, under the trade name "Silver Age." The pattern was made in a wide variety of forms and featured relief images of various United States coins, including half-dimes, dimes, half-dollars, and silver dollars. The coins in the pattern were dated 1892 or 1893. FF, p13; M1, p112

 

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