United States

1 Dime "Mercury Dime" · “Mercury Dime”

United States · 1916–1945 · Silver

The coin

The story

The Mercury Dime: a coin that was never Mercury at all

In 1916 the U.S. Mint set out to make its coinage beautiful, and a sculptor named Adolph Weinman gave the ten-cent piece a face so fine that people mistook the goddess Liberty for the messenger god Mercury. The name stuck. The mistake stuck. And for thirty years it rode in pockets across two world wars and the Great Depression.

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Designer

Adolph A. Weinman

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Era

The Renaissance of American Coinage

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Catalogue

Issuer: United States
Years: 1916–1945
Metal: Silver

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18 listed · each its own page

Issue1 live · from $1.00 1921-D2 live · from $75.00 19365 live · from $85.00 19372 live · from $58.00 19391 live · from $675.00 1939-D1 live · from $225.00 19403 live · from $200.00 1940-S1 live · from $100.00 19414 live · from $14.00 1941-D3 live · from $28.00 19425 live · from $25.00 19422 live · from $65.00 19433 live · from $6.00 1943-D7 live · from $11.00 19447 live · from $10.00 1944-S1 live · from $92.00 19454 live · from $50.00 19453 live · from $45.00

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Date194310 19428 19448 19458 19417 19365 19405 19373 19212 19392 19381

MintD19 S7 P4

Grade6616 6716 6511 634 684 643 41 81 551 581 621

GraderNGC33 PCGS24 ICG3

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Live on eBay — 1921 · grade 65

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