1916-D 10C Mercury Dime PCGS F12 (CAC) - Key Date of Series!

Here it is! The key date of the Mercury dime series is within your reach--and at a relatively affordable price that won't break the bank! Imagine owning this classic and holding it in your hand... PCGS has graded 253 as F12, with 1,591 finer. In CAC, there are 47 in F12 with 204 finer.

Adolph A. Weinman, the sculptor-medalist who crafted the stunning design of the Mercury dime, in his New York City studio.

David Hall writes, "The 1916-D Mercury dime is one of the most heralded key dates of 20th century numismatics. If you collected coins in the 1950s or 1960s, you dreamed of finding a 1916-D dime...in circulation. And I certainly did have that dream as a young pre-teen coin collector."

"... Walter Breen has written that mint production of dimes in Denver in 1916 was stopped so that personnel could devote full time to making quarters. The original mintage of 264,000 for the 1916-D is by far the lowest of the Mercury dime series. For comparison, the mintage of the 1916 was 22,180,080 and the mintage for the 1916-S was 10,450,000. The 1916-D is an extremely high demand coin in all grades and even very low grade examples sell for in excess of $1,000."