Mercury Dimes * Chapter 1

Mercury Dimes > Ch 1 > History of the Mercury Dime Series

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[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] * * * “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 part: The Director of… Continued...

Mercury Dimes > Ch 1 > Design Changes

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[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] * * * 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 Adolph A. Weinman’s… Continued...

Mercury Dimes > Ch 1 > Adolph Alexander Weinman

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[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] * * * 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 native Karlsruhe, Germany… Continued...

Mercury Dimes > Ch 1 > Elsie Kachel Stevens

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[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] * * * 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 owned and in… Continued...