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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 .
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 .
In 1892 a feminine head of Liberty returned to the dime and was known as a 'Barber dime'. In 1916, the head of a winged-capped Liberty was put on the dime and is commonly known by the misnomer of 'Mercury dime'. The last design change to the dime occurred in 1946 when the dime was changed to its current design with Franklin Roosevelt.
It’s believed that only 250 of these dimes are around today. One incredible example of this coin sold at auction for $1,145,625 in 2013. 1894-S PR66 BM Barber Dime
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Build Your Riches One Roosevelt Dime at a Time Roosevelt dimes, made in the likeness of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the 32nd president of the United States, are not all made equally.
Value: 25 cents (.25 US dollars) Mass: 6.25 g: Diameter: 24.3 mm: Edge: reeded: Composition.900 silver, .100 copper: Silver.18084 troy oz: Years of minting: 1916–1930: Mint marks: D, S. Found immediately to the right of the lowest of the left-hand column of stars on the obverse (to the left of Liberty's feet.) Philadelphia Mint specimens lack ...
In 1915, Mint officials began plans to replace them once the design's minimum term expired in 1916. The Mint issued Barber dimes and quarters in 1916 to meet commercial demand, but before the end of the year, the Mercury dime, Standing Liberty quarter, and Walking Liberty half dollar had begun production.