Mercury Dimes * Chapter 1

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David W. Lange. This information was originally published in 2005 in The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes]
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“a new design may, therefore, be adopted in 1916 . . .”
The coinage Act of September 26, 1890 amended Section 3510 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to read in… Continued...

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David W. Lange. This information was originally published in 2005 in The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes]
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The Winged Head Liberty Dime of 1916 features a very busy pictorial for such a small coin. Nevertheless, all of the elements are arranged attractively and make for a pleasing whole.
The obverse of… Continued...

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David W. Lange. This information was originally published in 2005 in The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes]
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The future creator of the Winged Head Liberty Dime and the Walking Liberty Half Dollar was born December 11, 1870 to Gustave Weingaertner, a shoemaker, and his wife Katharina.1 He left his… Continued...

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David W. Lange. This information was originally published in 2005 in The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes]
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Weinman selected as his model for the dime of 1916 one of his tenants.  Elsie Stevens and her husband, the celebrated poet Wallace Stevens, rented rooms in a building which the sculptor… Continued...