1916-D 10C Mercury Dime NGC AU58FB

Take advantage of an excellent opportunity to acquire a classic key date coin in a high AU state of preservation. The Full Bands designation demonstrates the superior strike of this piece, and, of course, 1916-D dimes with Full Band are much rarer than those without Full Bands. NGC has graded 39 as AU58FB with 173 finer. Collectors Universe prices this issue at $16,000.00 in AU58FB.

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

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."