1944 Mercury (Winged Liberty Head) dime, 90% silver, United States of America 10 cent coin

Identification

This is a 1944 Mercury (Winged Liberty Head) dime from the Philadelphia Mint in relatively nice circulated condition.

Date: 1944, with no mint mark on the reverse, which indicates the Philadelphia issue.

Grade and value

Please see in video/images, details in the hair, wings, and fasces which are moderately worn but clear, which looks around Fine to Very Fine (not just junk‑silver grade).

How mint marks work on Mercury dimes

Mercury dimes were struck at three mints: Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco.

Denver coins have a small D and San Francisco coins an S, both on the reverse to the left of the fasces, near the bottom by the olive branch and above the E in “ONE.”

Issues from Philadelphia carry no mint mark at all; a blank area there means Philadelphia by design, not missing detail.

Type: Mercury dime (officially Winged Liberty Head), designed by Adolph A. Weinman and struck in 90% silver, 10% copper, weighing 2.5 g and 17.9 mm in diameter.

Mintage: About 231,410,000 pieces, the highest mintage of the series.

Grade and value

Please see in images, details in the hair, wings, and fasces which are moderately worn but clear, which looks around Fine to Very Fine (not just junk‑silver grade).

The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945. Designed by Adolph Weinman and also referred to as the Winged Liberty Head dime, it gained its common name because 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.