Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design
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The Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design is a classic early 20th-century U.S. coin motif featuring Liberty in a winged cap, symbolizing freedom of thought, and is widely regarded as one of America’s most beautiful coin designs.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Mercury Dime (Winged Liberty Head dime) design | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States coin design
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coin design ⓘ |
| appliesToDenomination | dime ⓘ |
| artisticEra | early 20th-century American coinage ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Adolph A. Weinman’s Walking Liberty half dollar design era ⓘ |
| category | United States dime designs ⓘ |
| collectingFocus | key dates such as 1916-D ⓘ |
| commissioningAuthority |
U.S. Treasury Department
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United States Mint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition |
10% copper
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90% silver ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designer |
Adolph A. Weinman
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Adolph Alexander Weinman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| edgeType | reeded edge ⓘ |
| faceValue | 10 cents ⓘ |
| introducedOnCoin | 1916 ⓘ |
| lastRegularIssueYearOnCoin | 1945 ⓘ |
| materializedAs | Winged Liberty Head dime coins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metal | silver ⓘ |
| mintMarkLocation | reverse to the left of the fasces near the bottom ⓘ |
| obverseDescription | Head of Liberty wearing a winged cap facing left ⓘ |
| obverseFigure | Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| obverseLegend |
IN GOD WE TRUST
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LIBERTY ⓘ date ⓘ |
| periodOfUseOnCirculatingDimes | 1916–1945 ⓘ |
| popularMisidentification | Roman god Mercury ⓘ |
| popularName | Mercury dime design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | Liberty’s winged cap resembles Mercury’s winged helmet ⓘ |
| regardedAs | one of the most beautiful U.S. coin designs ⓘ |
| replacedDesign | Barber dime design ⓘ |
| reverseDescription | Roman fasces with an olive branch wrapped around it ⓘ |
| reverseFigure |
fasces
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olive branch ⓘ |
| reverseLegend |
E PLURIBUS UNUM
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ONE DIME ⓘ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reverseSymbolism |
peace
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preparedness for war and desire for peace ⓘ strength and unity ⓘ |
| style |
Beaux-Arts influenced
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neoclassical ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numismatic studies ⓘ |
| symbolism |
freedom of thought
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liberty ⓘ |
| usedOn |
circulating United States dimes
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proof dimes of the period 1936–1942 ⓘ |
| wasReplacedByDesign | Roosevelt dime design ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mercury Dime (Winged Liberty Head dime) design
American Eagle palladium bullion coins
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Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design
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subject surface form:
American Eagle palladium bullion coin