June 18th, 2007

Liberty Silver

Roosevelt Dimes

“Junk Silver” within the numismatic circle refers to worn circulated silver coins. For example, the US silver coins, minted before 1965, are sometimes referred to as junk silver coins. These cash have not less than 40% – ninety% silver content material, depending on what type of coins. The pictures on my website show some circulated US Morgan Dollar, Peace dollar, Mercury Dimes, Walkers, Barbers dimes.

As information, if you are starting to keep these form of silver cash, search for these with ninety% silver content. I’ve listed some examples here -

Morgan (1878-1921) – ninety-% silver, Peace (1921-1928 and 1934-1935) – ninety-p.c silver, Liberty Head “Barber” (1892-1915) – ninety-% silver, Walking Liberty (1916-1947) – 90-percent silver

Although the Mercury Dime is one of the hottest cash ever produced by the US Mint, most people cannot reply most, if any, of those questions. How many are you able to reply?

1. Why is Mercury on a United States coin?

2. Mercury had wings on his sandals, why are there wings on Mercury’s hat?

3. What’s that thing on the again of the coin?

4. What steel is the Mercury Dime made from?

5. What years had been the Mercury Dime produced?

We’ll start with the easiest question first. Production of the Mercury Dime started in 1916. The “Merc” replaced the Barber Dime, which many people considered to be one of many least fascinating coins ever produced. The US Mint continued making the Mercury Dime by 1945, by which era greater than 2.6 billion of the cash had been struck.

The coin measures 17.9 millimeters in diameter, and weighs in at 2.5 grams. It’s made of 90% silver and 10% copper. Which means in every Mercury Dime there are 0.0723 Troy ounces of silver. So even a damaged Mercury Dime is price more than ten cents!

Now let’s soar to the largest misconception in regards to the coin. I hope you’re sitting down, because this may occasionally come as fairly a shock to you.

It’s not Mercury.

The obverse (heads) facet of the coin really portrays the goddess Liberty. The wings on Liberty’s cap symbolized freedom of thought. The coin’s designer, Adolph Alexander Weinman, had created a sculpture of Elsie Kachel Stevens years earlier. Although it isn’t certain, most individuals believe that the portrait of Liberty relies on that work.

The reverse (tails) of the coin consists of a Fasces, which is an axe the deal with of which has been surrounded with a tied bundle of sticks, and an olive branch. The Fasces symbolizes the truth that although a single stick could also be easily damaged, sure together they are far stronger than any one among them. In the same approach, the states sure themselves together to form a robust Union. The axe signifies that the nation is ready for whatever navy challenges may come its means, however the olive branch indicates the desire for peace.

After the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1945, the nation clamored for some kind of memorial to the person who had led the nation by means of World Battle II. It was determined that the design of the dime would be modified to honor FDR. The Roosevelt Dime made its first look in 1946.

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Liberty Silver


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