1939-D Mercury Dime (90% Silver)
Legacy ColCon description (source information; not independently verified): Mintage 24,394,000. The composition of the Mercury Dime also known as the Winged Liberty Head Dime from 1916-1945 is 90% silver and 10% copper. A Dime weighs 2.5000 grams, therefore the silver weight is 2.2500 grams or 0.0804 Troy ounces.
Connections
- Struck at
- Denver Mint
- Produced by
- United States Mint
Issue details
Dated 1939, this Mercury / Winged Liberty Head dime is a regular circulation strike with a D mint mark. It has a nominal whole-coin mass composition specification of 100‰ copper and 900‰ silver and has a nominal weight specification of 2.5 g.
- Denomination
- 10¢
- Date
- 1939
- Mint mark
- D
- Series
- Mercury / Winged Liberty Head dime
- Strike
- Regular circulation strike
- Composition
- 100‰ copper · 900‰ silver
Nominal whole-coin mass composition specification; not a specimen assay.
- Weight
- 2.5 g
Nominal issue specification; not a specimen measurement.
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Sources
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s.1 — Coinage Act of 1873, Act of February 12, 1873, 17 Stat. 424, chapter 131
§13,17 Stat.426/PDF3; §33,p.429/PDF6 (ingot context)
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s.2 — U.S. Mint, Domestic and Foreign Coins Manufactured by Mints of the United States, 1792–1965
p.8/Table C5, dime row, Feb12,1873; PDF12
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s.3 — U.S. Mint, Domestic and Foreign Coins Manufactured by Mints of the United States, 1792–1965
p.8/Table C5, Dime Feb.12,1873, footnote 9 (PDF12); p.ii Location of Mints (PDF4)