Coin specifications and design
Design identification
Obverse: Winged Liberty Head portrait.
Reverse: Fasces with olive branch.
U.S. Mint coin reference
1916–1945: Mercury Dime (Winged Liberty Head, 90% Silver)
Mercury Dime Winged Liberty Head dime series.
1916–1945: Mercury Dime (Winged Liberty Head, 90% Silver) history
Adolph A. Weinman's Winged Liberty Head dime entered production in 1916 and quickly acquired the popular Mercury nickname. Its fasces-and-olive-branch reverse joined strength and peace in a design used through 1945.
The 1916-D is the key regular issue, while the 1942/1 overdates are separate varieties. Bands across the fasces, hair detail, mintmark position, and untouched luster are central to evaluation.