I just came across a Mercury dime of 1943. The mint mark seems to be W which I have never heard of before. Is it a counterfeit?
The W is really an AW and are the initials of the designer - Adolph Weinman. The mintmark is located on the reverse of the coin after the E of ONE. Your coin does not have a mintmark so it was minted in Philly.
Grade? Hard to tell because of the reflections, could be a very high end AU. But, if unc, it is a nice one.
Actually, you can find coins with a W mintmark, albeit mostly modern cents and gold bullion I believe. In those cases the W stands for West Point.
Yes I have heard about West Point minting only NCLTs but I knew it can't mint mercuries...so thought of checking with you guys..
Please Read: http://www.coinworld.com/news/070306/bw_0703.asp. Oh, see you in a week, Starting Saturday. Have fun Cheryl
FYI The West Point Mint minted, if I'm not mistaken, 150k Roosevelt dimes in 1996 and they were only available in a special 1996 mint set. This is the only business strike "type" coin to date that contains a "W" mint mark even though it was not intended for circulation. I believe it was made to commemorate 50 years of the Roosevelt dime. I wish they had made this one 90% silver though. I have one and I think its pretty neat for a modern clad. Beautiful Merc by the way. Merc dimes are near and dear to my heart, specially BU and proofs. Keep on Collecting!!! Allen
Oh I just read about the 1996 Roosevelt dime W mint mark from the link Cheryl provided. Thanks Cheryl...very informative.... Allen I love mercs too but they come 2nd in my list after walkers....
