Discussion

The U.S. Mint dropped the olive branch from the dime. What does that mean for the country?

idunno246: The design was approved in 2024, it’s to represent that there was no peace during the revolutionary war, and is a one year commemorative coin for the 250th

staticassertion: I've heard this before and seen no official source confirming it, and most sources seem to indicate otherwise. Do you have any source?

georgehaake: Jesus Fucking Christ!! The front is fantastic.

surprisetalk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Semiquincentenni...

idunno246: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/02/philadelphia-mint-c... Talked to the actual artist

nkurz: Great link. Specifically:Custer’s design for the tails side of the coin — which features an eagle with one empty claw and one claw holding 13 arrows — won out in the selection process.The image takes inspiration from the Great Seal of the United States, and represents the colonists before and during the American Revolution, Custer explained. While he included the arrows from the seal, he left out the olive branch to symbolize the fact that the colonies hadn’t yet reached peace — but left the claw open to demonstrate that they were waiting for it.