1943-S Mercury Dime (90% Silver) — obverse; 1943-D Mercury dime; independent reference side
Obverse s.1

1943-S Mercury Dime (90% Silver)

Legacy ColCon description (source information; not independently verified): Mintage 60,400,000. 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
San Francisco Mint
Produced by
United States Mint

Issue details

Dated 1943, this Mercury / Winged Liberty Head dime is a regular circulation strike with an S 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
1943
Mint mark
S
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.

s.2; s.3

Weight
2.5 g

Nominal issue specification; not a specimen measurement.

s.4

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Sources

  1. s.1 — Obverse: 1943-S Mercury Dime (90% Silver) — obverse; 1943-D Mercury dime; independent reference side

    BrandonBigheart (photograph); Adolph Weinman (design) via Wikimedia Commons

    CC BY-SA 3.0

    Resized for display.

    Source page

  2. s.2 — 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)

  3. s.3 — 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

  4. s.4 — 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)