The design is believed to be a composite portrait based partly on a bust the artist had made of Elsie Kachel Stevens (wife of the poet Wallace Stevens) and one of Weinman’s most famous monuments – the Union Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Baltimore that includes a sculpture of allegorical Victory with a head and cap that strongly resemble those on the coin. Its obverse design features a left-facing profile of Lady Liberty wearing a winged cap, which symbolized liberty of thought. Weiman’s dime remains the most popular type of its denomination and one of the most widely collected 20th-century series. They became his most well-known legacy: the Winged Liberty or Mercury dime and the Walking Liberty half dollar, although he also created many works of art, especially large monumental sculptures found around the United States. Designs submitted for the dime and the half dollar by German-born sculptor Adolph A. Key Dates are 1916-D, 1919-D, 1919-S, 1942 2 over 1, 1942-D 42 over 41.In 1916 the dime, the quarter, and the half dollar were each eligible for a new design, and the Treasury Department held a competition to select the winning motifs. The premium Mercury Dime Value could be as much as 10 to 100 times more valuable compared to a common weak struck coin for the same year. Full Bands or FB Mercury Dimes have a significate price premium for being an excellent sharp coin. A coin can be designated as Full Bands if the lines are complete and clearly visible.

Most Mercury dimes do not show the lines across these bands. There are to be two bands clearly visible on each of the three bands.

On the reverse there are bands the hold the Fasces. Most Mercury Dimes do have have good strikes and sharpness in the details. Mercury dimes were made from 1916 – 1945 with the exception of the 1922, 1932, and 1933 years.

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