The U.S. Mint dropped the olive branch from the dime
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- The U.S. Mint unveiled new designs for the country’s 250th anniversary, omitting the olive branch from the dime's reverse.
- The new dime design features a bald eagle mid-flight with arrows in its left talon and the inscription 'Liberty over Tyranny.'
- The olive branch, a symbol of peace, was intentionally left out, signaling a shift in national symbolism.
- The Great Seal of the United States originally balanced peace (olive branch) and war (arrows), with the eagle facing the olive branch.
- The redesign includes the dime, quarter, half dollar, penny, and dollar coin, all bearing 1776–2026 dates.
- The coin design process involved public input and reviews by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.
- Some quarter designs were scrapped for focusing on DEI and Critical Race Theory policies.
- The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter, to be released this year, features Liberty holding an olive branch.
- The Mercury dime (1916-1946) used a Roman fasces wrapped in an olive branch, symbolizing military readiness and peace.
- President Harry S. Truman changed the eagle's direction from arrows to the olive branch in 1945.