1934 Silver Mercury Dime, Philadelphia Mint Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) USA

Description: 1934 Silver Mercury Dime, Philadelphia Mint Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) Silver Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) Winged Liberty Silver dime 1916–1945 Year: 1943 Mint: No mintmark – United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1945. Designed by Adolph Weinman and also known as the Winged Liberty dime, it gained its common name as the obverse depiction of a young Liberty, identifiable by her winged Phrygian cap, was confused with the Roman god Mercury. Weinman is believed to have used Elsie Stevens, the wife of lawyer and poet Wallace Stevens, as a model. The coin's reverse depicts a fasces, symbolizing unity and strength, and an olive branch, signifying peace. By 1916, the dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber had been struck for 25 years, and could be replaced by the Treasury, of which the Mint is a part, without Congressional authorization. Mint officials were under the misapprehension that the designs had to be changed, and held a competition among three sculptors, in which Barber, who had been in his position for 36 years, also took part. Weinman's designs for the dime and half dollar were selected. Although the new coin's design was admired for its beauty, the Mint made modifications to it upon learning that vending machine manufacturers were having difficulties making the new dime work in their devices. The coin continued to be minted until 1945, when the Treasury ordered that a new design, featuring recently deceased president Franklin Roosevelt, take its place. Collecting Many Mercury dimes were not fully struck, meaning that design detail was lost even before the coins entered circulation. Exceptionally well-struck dimes display "full bands", that is, the horizontal bands on the fasces show full detail. In circulation, the reverse tended to more readily display wear due to a lower rim in relation to the relief of the design. Most well-circulated dimes show more wear to the reverse. The 1916-D Mercury dime, struck at the Denver Mint, is the key date of the series, with a mintage of 264,000 pieces. Few varieties are known in the Mercury dime series. The 1942/41 is generally termed an overdate; it is actually a doubled-die error—the obverse die from which the coins were struck took one impression from a 1942-dated hub and one from a 1941-dated hub (until the 1990s, dies required two strikes from a hub for the design to be fully impressed). Sinnock stated that the pieces were most likely struck in late 1941, when preparation of the 1942 dies was under way. Another popular variety is the 1945-S "Micro S", with a smaller-than-normal mintmark. This variety was caused by the Mint's wartime use of a puncheon (used to impress mintmarks on dies and hubs) which had been made for use with early 20th century Philippine coinage struck at San Francisco, which had only a small space for the mintmark. Beginning in 1928, coin albums were issued by private publishers, mostly in folder form, which were widely used to collect the pieces. This led to a great increase in interest in collecting current coinage by date and mintmark. Although no 1923 or 1930 dimes were struck at Denver, specimens appearing to be 1923-D or 1930-D dimes may be encountered. These counterfeits are struck in good silver, allowing the coiner to profit on the difference between the cost of production and the face value. They did not appear until after World War II, are invariably found in worn condition, and are believed to have been struck in the Soviet Union, a country known to have counterfeited US coins during World War II. Mercury (Winged Liberty) dime United States Value 10 cents (0.10 US dollars) Mass 2.500 g Diameter 17.91 mm (0.705 in) Edge 118 reeds Composition 90% silver 10% copper Silver 0.07234 troy oz Years of minting 1916–1945 Obverse Design A young Liberty, with winged cap Designer Adolph Weinman Design date 1916 Reverse Design olive branch, fasces Designer Adolph Weinman Design date 1916 *** AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED FOR LIFE *** Shipping policy: Economy Regular mail shipping: 2.99 Euro worldwide (buyer's risk for lost by post!) If the total value is above 50 Euro, Registered mail is required for safety reasons. Registered mail shipping: 11.99 Euro within Europe, 16.99 Euro worldwide, Combined shipping accepted.

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Location: Apeldoorn

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