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PCGS Number: 145459
Coin Date: 1941
Denomination (Short): 10c
Denomination (Long): 10 Cents
Variety: Doubled Die Obverse
Variety 2: FS-101
Desg: MS
Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper
Mintage: 175,090,000
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Winged liberty head (Mercury) dime
Coinage Years: 1916-1945
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 17.9
Fineness: 0.9
Weight (Grams): 2.5
Weight (Ounces): 0.07234
Designer: Adolph A. Weinman
Edge: Reeded
Obverse Description: Winged Liberty, or Mercury (the Roman god of commerce), is depicted facing left with LIBERTY spelled around the periphery. IN GOD WE TRUST appears left of the neck and the date is positioned just below the bust around 5 o'clock. The designer's initials "AW" appear to the right of the neck.
Reverse Description: A large torch is centered vertically adorned with an axe head and olive branches. UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN * ONE DIME * is spelled out around the periphery. Mint mark, if any, appears near the bottom rim left of the torch.
General Notes: The year 1941 marks the beginning of what one might dub the ultra-common Mercury dime – pieces that are so common that circulated specimens changing hands in the wholesale market trade for barely above melt and even low-end uncirculated examples move for but a song. Full Bands specimens are widely available through MS67, though pieces grading higher are legitimately scarce.
PCGS #: 145459
NGC ID: 23JX