When judging your uncirculated Mercury dime one more consideration is the boldness of design and completeness of strike.

The quality of the strike and the visual appeal it gives a coin is noticed and considered by collectors and with this coin boldly raised its value. The desirability and rarity of this coin is evident by achieving a value far above the $40 to $50 price of a weakly struck piece. 1919 dime value starts with the value of its silver content, approximately 1.73 today. Active bidding settled on $632 as the final price. Very boldly struck, silver white color and with minimal contact marks this 1919 Mercury dime auctioned at a David Lawrence Rare Coin Auction has all the best features. The rare 1919 Mercury dime with this feature fully separated and bold is the exception. Surrounding the fasces is a full-foliaged branch of olive, symbolical of peace. The reverse shows a design of the bundle of rods, with battle-ax, known as Fasces, and symbolical of unity, wherein lies the nation’s strength. Evident on the reverse, the line separating the two center horizontal bands is either missing or incomplete. The head is simple and firm in form, the profile forceful. Gem specimens of the regular-issue 1942 Mercury dimes are much more affordable, at about $30 each.Mercury dimes are often softly struck in the centers. The Mercury dime, or Winged Liberty Head dime, was a great leap in the beauty of American coinage. The 1941 dies were altered to make the date 1942. * Values are for coins in a grade of Extremely Fine-40, unless otherwise noted.Īs Mercury dime aficionados will note, MS-65 specimens of the 1942/1 dime from Philadelphia are much scarcer than overdate Mercury dimes in a similar grade from Denver, with prices of around $15,000 for the former and $8,000 for the latter. There is also a variety of Mercury dime known as the 1942/41 Overdate, which is quite striking (pun intended). Mint to focus on producing regular-strike coinage and, later, medals for soldiers returning home from their duties overseas.īelow are mintage figures and values for 1942 Mercury dimes:

Outside of the overdates, the only other standout occurrence for 1942 Mercury dimes is the fact that it was the last date in the series for which proof specimens would be struck. Making matters even more interesting – and costly for Mercury dime enthusiasts – is that this variety was created at two mint locations: Philadelphia and Denver. This rare variety, created when two obverse dies were made by the impression of first a 1941 Mercury dime hub then one from 1942, is the most popular for the series and indeed quite rare. 1942 Mercury Dime - AU/BU (About to Uncirculated) - Philadelphia Mint - 1942 Liberty Head Dime - 1942 Winged Liberty Silver Dime. 1942 would have been a relatively uneventful year for the Mercury dime if not for a die variation that caused quite a stir in the numismatic community – the 1942/1 overdate variety.

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