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Weinman’s design overlapped with the Barber dime in 1916 due to the time it took for the design to be approved.
This head has wings as a representation of “liberty of thought.” Adolph Weinman’s design was well-liked, but it had some problems with vending machines and the design needed minor modifications after the fact. coins, the head is a representation of Liberty. The coin is commonly called a “Mercury” dime as it resembled the Roman god, but just like many other U.S. The Mercury dime was minted out of this 90% Silver alloy. The alloy was changed at that point to 90% Silver, a percentage it would retain until the demise of most U.S. Early dimes were struck from 89.24% Silver and 10.76% Copper, an alloy that was slightly modified for future releases like the Liberty Seated.
The dime was struck for circulation first a few years after its smaller sibling the half dime and was based on the same planchet.
