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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1272341, member: 27043&quot;]Point of order, sir. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mercury is, indeed, depicted with wings on his head quite frequently, in the form of a winged helmet :</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]139506.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_helmet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_helmet" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_helmet</a> (Bold emphasis mine) :</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">If one looks, you&#039;ll fine a great many depictions of Mercury bearing a winged helmet (All images copyright their respective owners, used without permission):</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Mercury Investment Properties</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]139507.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">FTD Florists</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]139509.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Mercury Healthcare</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]139510.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">even Mercury Automobiles (This from the original Mercury Marauder logo)</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]139511.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">You are certainly correct...the depiction on the obverse of the coin is, indeed, a winged liberty head...but it is not at all surprising that it came to be known as a Mercury dime.&nbsp; The portrait is virtually indistinguishable from many depictions of the Messenger of the Gods.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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