10 Cents Coin Mercury Silver Dime

10 Cents United States Mercury Silver Dime (Issued 1920)

The Mercury dime, properly the Winged Liberty Head dime, was struck from 1916 to 1945 and is prized for its graceful design. Made of 90% silver, it has a bright white lustre, a light and delicate feel and a finely reeded edge. It served as the everyday ten-cent piece during a period when American silver coinage circulated freely.

On the obverse, designed by Adolph A. Weinman, is a left-facing bust of Liberty wearing a winged Phrygian cap, long mistaken for the Roman god Mercury. “LIBERTY” arches around the top, the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” sits at the lower left, and the year “1920” is at the foot, with the designer’s monogram to the right of the neck.

On the reverse stands a fasces — a bundle of rods bound around an axe — entwined with an olive branch, symbolising strength and peace. “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” curves around the top, “E PLURIBUS UNUM” sits to the right of the fasces, and “ONE DIME” runs along the bottom, with a mint mark “S” for San Francisco to the lower left.

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