Saturday, September 4th, 2010

This video was recorded on May 3, 2008. This is a video of my complete Mercury Dime set. These coins are also known as Winged Liberty Head Dimes. This is the complete collection and includes the 1921’s, the 1916-D, and the 1942/41 variety. The first page is a strict VG set and the last page [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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Although most commonly referred to as the Mercury dime, the coin does not depict the Roman messenger god. The obverse figure is a depiction of the mythological goddess Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap, a classic symbol of liberty and freedom, with its wings intended to symbolize freedom of thought. Designed by noted sculptor Adolph A. [...]