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2. Mercury dime - Wikipedia

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   The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945. Designed by Adolph Weinman and also referred to as the Winged Liberty Head dime, it gained its common name because the obverse depiction of a young Liberty, identifiable by her winged Phrygian cap, was confused with the Roman god Mercury.

3. Barber coinage - Wikipedia

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   Woolley had hoped to begin production of the new coins on July 1, 1916. There was heavy demand for small change, [61] and as delays in actual production stretched into the second half of the year, Woolley was forced to have Barber prepare dies for 1916-dated dimes and quarters bearing the chief engraver's 1892 design. According to numismatist ...

4. Dime (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 . The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being 0.705 inches (17.91 millimeters) in ...

5. 5 Rare Coins To Hold On to in 2025

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   1940s Mercury Dime. Quite a few rare, valuable coins from the 1940s are still around today. The 1940s mercury dime was part of the 1916 to 1945 series. Roughly 21.5 million were minted.

6. Walking Liberty half dollar - Wikipedia

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   Although the dime's debut on October 30, 1916 had seen considerable publicity, the Mint had little comment on the release of the half dollar and Standing Liberty quarter the following January. There were few newspaper mentions of the new half dollar; the United States was moving towards war with Germany, and the dime release had exhausted much ...

7. 15 Strange Facts You Never Knew About Your Money - AOL

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   It wasn’t until 1957 that it first appeared on paper bills, but it has appeared on the penny since 1909, the dime since 1916 and all full-, half- and quarter-dollar coins since 1908. However ...