VINTAGE Mercury Dime Lot 1920-D 1920 1923 1924 Eight 90% Silver US Coins

A group of eight vintage Mercury dimes from the early 1920s, including a 1920-D from the Denver Mint — eight little pieces of American silver that circulated as the Roaring Twenties were getting underway.

Included in this lot:

• 1920-D — Denver Mint
• 1920 — Philadelphia Mint, no mintmark
• 1923 — Philadelphia Mint, no mintmark — 2 coins
• 1924 — Philadelphia Mint, no mintmark — 4 coins

Officially known as the Winged Liberty Head dime, the Mercury dime was designed by sculptor Adolph A. Weinman and struck from 1916 through 1945. Each coin was made of 90% silver and 10% copper.

The 1920-D is the less common issue in this group, with an original Denver mintage of 19,171,000. Its “D” mintmark remains visible on the reverse. The remaining seven coins show no mintmark, identifying them as Philadelphia issues.

These are circulated, ungraded coins showing substantial honest wear from use. Details vary from coin to coin, with softened design elements, scratches, marks, toning and discoloration consistent with their age and long circulation. They have not been cleaned or polished by Auntie Nen’s Stuff.

Each Mercury dime was originally:
• 90% silver, 10% copper
• 2.50 grams
• Approximately 17.9 mm in diameter
• Designed by Adolph A. Weinman

A DIME IN ITS TIME

Every one of these dimes was struck during Prohibition, and together they span the opening years of the decade we now remember as the Roaring Twenties.

When the two 1920 dimes were struck, Woodrow Wilson was President, Prohibition had just become the law of the land, and America was emerging from the First World War. By 1923 and 1924, Warren G. Harding and then Calvin Coolidge had occupied the White House, automobiles were transforming American life, radio was finding its way into homes, and the Jazz Age was in full swing.

And ten cents was still real spending money.

These dimes may have bought a newspaper, a cup of coffee, a streetcar ride or something from the neighborhood five-and-dime. Perhaps one was slipped across the counter of a speakeasy during Prohibition — or exchanged for a ticket at one of the taxi-dance halls of the Roaring Twenties, where ten cents really could buy a dance.

Of course, we can’t know where these particular coins traveled, what they purchased or whose pockets they occupied. But more than a century of honest wear tells us they weren’t spending their lives tucked safely into collectors’ albums.

They circulated.

And that means these little silver coins weren’t merely minted during the Roaring Twenties.

They participated in them.

Sold together as the group of eight shown. Please examine all photographs carefully; they are an important part of the description and show the exact coins you will receive.

Shipping included in the US.