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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26755454, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><b>United States: 1944-D silver Winged Liberty ("Mercury") dime</b></b></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS66 FB. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/42157118" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/42157118" rel="nofollow">Cert. #42157118</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/51" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/51" rel="nofollow">Numista-51</a>, Krause-Mishler-140.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 62,224,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Bob Holston, dba "<a href="https://www.collectorscorner.com/dealer/default.aspx?dealerId=973&pt=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collectorscorner.com/dealer/default.aspx?dealerId=973&pt=1" rel="nofollow">Mint State Coin</a>", via Collectors Corner storefront, 20 March 2023.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_dime" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_dime" rel="nofollow">Mercury dime</a>" is something of a misnomer, as the obverse of this coin portrays <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" rel="nofollow">Miss Liberty</a>, not the Roman god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Mercury</a>. The confusion arose because Mercury had winged sandals on his <i>feet</i>, not his head (though some modern depictions of him do show a winged helmet, too). Liberty's winged headdress was intended to symbolize freedom of thought. So the public tagged the coin with the technically erroneous "<i>Mercury dime</i>" nickname, and that name stuck. Besides, it's shorter and easier to say than "<i>Winged Liberty dime</i>", which is the correct name.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Fifty years ago, on November 25, 1976, when I was not quite eleven years old, we were visiting my step-grandmother's big old house in Atlanta. The adults preparing Thanksgiving dinner wanted me out of the kitchen, so I was asked to set the table. In Grandmama's silverware drawer, I found a 1936 Mercury dime. She let me keep it, and that exciting little treasure started my numismatic adventure. I still have <a href="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_12/IMG_6373.jpeg.b399e26b256a6135a7fb16075223b4d1.jpeg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_12/IMG_6373.jpeg.b399e26b256a6135a7fb16075223b4d1.jpeg" rel="nofollow">that coin</a> somewhere. When I found it as a kid, the coin was forty years old, which seemed incredibly ancient to me at the time. And now fifty more years have passed since that Thanksgiving day, which I so fondly remember.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I bought this particular example, a 1944-D, for my type set. It is a very common date. Typically I am less interested in Mercury dimes from the 1940s, since they are so much more plentiful. I could have opted for a less common date. But 1944 was my mother's birthyear, so that's why I chose this coin. Besides, it is a nicely lustrous Supergem example with <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/what-are-full-bands-mercury-dimes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/what-are-full-bands-mercury-dimes" rel="nofollow">Full Bands</a> on the reverse.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1708470[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708474[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #ffffff"><font size="5">008600</font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26755454, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B][B]United States: 1944-D silver Winged Liberty ("Mercury") dime[/B][/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]PCGS MS66 FB. [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/42157118']Cert. #42157118[/URL]. [URL='https://en.numista.com/51']Numista-51[/URL], Krause-Mishler-140. Mintage: 62,224,000. Ex-Bob Holston, dba "[URL='https://www.collectorscorner.com/dealer/default.aspx?dealerId=973&pt=1']Mint State Coin[/URL]", via Collectors Corner storefront, 20 March 2023. "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_dime']Mercury dime[/URL]" is something of a misnomer, as the obverse of this coin portrays [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(personification)']Miss Liberty[/URL], not the Roman god [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology)']Mercury[/URL]. The confusion arose because Mercury had winged sandals on his [I]feet[/I], not his head (though some modern depictions of him do show a winged helmet, too). Liberty's winged headdress was intended to symbolize freedom of thought. So the public tagged the coin with the technically erroneous "[I]Mercury dime[/I]" nickname, and that name stuck. Besides, it's shorter and easier to say than "[I]Winged Liberty dime[/I]", which is the correct name. Fifty years ago, on November 25, 1976, when I was not quite eleven years old, we were visiting my step-grandmother's big old house in Atlanta. The adults preparing Thanksgiving dinner wanted me out of the kitchen, so I was asked to set the table. In Grandmama's silverware drawer, I found a 1936 Mercury dime. She let me keep it, and that exciting little treasure started my numismatic adventure. I still have [URL='https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_12/IMG_6373.jpeg.b399e26b256a6135a7fb16075223b4d1.jpeg']that coin[/URL] somewhere. When I found it as a kid, the coin was forty years old, which seemed incredibly ancient to me at the time. And now fifty more years have passed since that Thanksgiving day, which I so fondly remember. I bought this particular example, a 1944-D, for my type set. It is a very common date. Typically I am less interested in Mercury dimes from the 1940s, since they are so much more plentiful. I could have opted for a less common date. But 1944 was my mother's birthyear, so that's why I chose this coin. Besides, it is a nicely lustrous Supergem example with [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/news/what-are-full-bands-mercury-dimes']Full Bands[/URL] on the reverse. [ATTACH=full]1708470[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1708474[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=5]008600[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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