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1 Dime "Mercury Dime" · “Mercury Dime”

United States · 1916–1945 · Silver

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at 1936 · grade 66 · NGC
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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
All United States series
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Issues — by date & mint

18 listed · each its own page
Issue1 live · from $1.001921-D2 live · from $75.0019365 live · from $85.0019372 live · from $58.0019391 live · from $675.001939-D1 live · from $225.0019403 live · from $200.001940-S1 live · from $100.0019414 live · from $14.001941-D3 live · from $28.0019425 live · from $25.0019422 live · from $65.0019433 live · from $6.001943-D7 live · from $11.0019447 live · from $10.001944-S1 live · from $92.0019454 live · from $50.0019453 live · from $45.00

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Date19431019428194481945819417193651940519373192121939219381
MintD19S7P4
Grade6616671665116346846434181551581621
GraderNGC33PCGS24ICG3

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Live on eBay — 1936 · grade 66 · NGC

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1936 1 Dime "Mercury Dime"

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