The final issue price was to be set at $29 per proof. This appealing angel is sure to bring joy to. On the reverse, the fasces and axe symbolize strength and might through unity. Find items like Silver Mercury Dime Angel House Blessing and read 3 reviews with a 5/5 star rating at Acorn. Given the coin’s rarity and high demand, it’s best to buy this coin authenticated. Only 264,000 examples were struck, and they are scarce today.
MERCURY DIME SERIES
This magnificent 5 mg 24KT gold clad proof features the beautiful frosted Liberty head design against a mirror-like background on the obverse. The Mercury Dime series may boast but a handful of true date-and-mintmark rarities, but the 1916-D takes the cake as both the major key date and as a rarity on par with the 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent. And the price of this edition has gone through the roof, selling for as much as $649!īut now you can reserve your own copy of the 2016 Gold Mercury Dime recreated as a 24 KT Gold Clad Proof Tribute. So it’s no wonder that when the 2016 centennial gold strike was finally released, it sold out in under an hour. If you found this page useful please share it with your friends. They are composed of 90 silver and 10 copper. The coins, minted from 1916 until 1945 were struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints. Dime bore a design that was different from the Quarter and Half Dollar of the same year. The low-mintage 1916-D Mercury Dimes were initially overlooked by collectors finding any in Mint State condition today is very rare. The Mercury Dime marked the first time that a U.S.
were ever issued those found in circulation are counterfeits.
Also called winged liberty head dime by some collectors. The Mercury Dime was struck at three mints: Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. The price of proof coins is usually higher than for normal coins, except for certain exceptional specimens, i.e. A favorite of collectors, those silver beauties disappeared from circulation many years ago. The original engraver was Adolph Weinman and the Mercury Dime was made of 90 silver and 10 copper. In the case of the 1941 Mercury Dime, 16,557 of them were produced in Philadelphia, the mint in charge of the proof mintage until 1968. 1923-D and 1930-D: Despite how they were marked, these counterfeit Mercury dimes were minted in the Soviet Union as the country was desperate for American cash. Weinman, it was released for circulation in 1916 as part of a renaissance of American coinage. 1921-D: The Mercury dime minted at Denver is also hard to locate because the mint had to stop making them to mint quarters. The story begins a century ago when the original Mercury Silver Dime was released into circulation. Successful BST with ad4400, Kccoin, lablover, pointfivezero, koynekwest, jwitten, coin22lover, HalfDimeDude, erwindoc, jyzskowsi, COINS MAKE CENTS, ricko Posts: 91,097. And less than one single hour later, it was announced that all available stock of the 2016 Gold Mercury Dime had been sold out! MS66 and MS67 Roosevelt dimes in old Anacs and old NGC slabs for sale or trade. Finally, at noon on the dot, sales commenced on the U.S. The collecting world had been holding its breath, just waiting for the appearance of this magnificent coin. Government finally released its long awaited centennial striking of the 2016 Gold Mercury Dime. 100th Anniversary Minting Clad in 24KT Gold
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