1916 Mercury Dime: What Makes the First Year So Collectible?
The 1916 Mercury Dime is more than the first year of a popular U.S. coin series. It marks the beginning of Adolph A. Weinman’s Winged Liberty design, which the U.S. Mint produced from 1916 through 1945. The first-year issue is especially interesting because the three mints produced dramatically different quantities—and the 1916-D became one of … Read more