Welcome to the Mercury Dime Collectors Club
Hello! And Welcome! If you've stumbled across this site at the moment, you will notice that it's under construction. We are working feverishly to get this website up and running and make it into a valuable resource for people starting out as well as the veteran Mercury Dime collector. If you would like to participate, there are a number of things that would help, we need help writing tutorials for beginners, we need photographs to illustrate important examples of Mercury Dimes for learning how to grade, identify counterfeits, know the difference between true errors and post-mint damage and many ...
A Short History of the Mercury Dime
The Mercury Dime is also known as the Winged Liberty Head Dime. It depicts the head in profile of Lady Liberty wearing a winged cap. It became known as the Mercury dime because of its resemblence to the messenger god, Mercury, in spite of the fact that supposedly representing freedom of thought. The design was created by Adolph A. Weinman, a first time designer who went on to later design other coins for the mint. The Mercury Dime was minted from 1916 to 1945 at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints. The reverse depicted an ancient Roman fasces, a ...
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Welcome to the Mercury Dime Collectors Club
Hello! And Welcome! If you’ve stumbled across this site at the moment, you will notice that it’s under construction. We are working feverishly to get this website up and running and make it into a valuable resource for people starting out as well as the veteran Mercury Dime collector. If you would like to participate, there are a number of things that would help, we need help writing... [Read more]
A Short History of the Mercury Dime
The Mercury Dime is also known as the Winged Liberty Head Dime. It depicts the head in profile of Lady Liberty wearing a winged cap. It became known as the Mercury dime because of its resemblence to the messenger god, Mercury, in spite of the fact that supposedly representing freedom of thought. The design was created by Adolph A. Weinman, a first time designer who went on to later design other... [Read more]
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