Between 19, the Mercury Dime was one of the most popular circulating designs. Though popular, the Mercury Dime was not met without controversy. Phrygian caps are sometimes referred to as Liberty caps, representing freedom and liberty. Though not its original intent, the name Mercury Dime was thus used during its time in circulation. Upon inception of the coin, many in the public believed the cap to look to the Roman god, Mercury. The Mercury Dime gets its name from confusion over the look of the Phrygian cap atop Liberty. The reverse features a fasces and olive branch. Caps of this nature were worn by many people in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and more appropriately, Phrygia. The obverse features Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap, a conical cap often worn pulled forward. More than you’re your typical dime, there are unique identifiers of the Mercury Dime. FSB Mercury dimes exhibit crisp, complete horizontal lines in the bands surrounding the fasces on the reverse and are highly desirable among Mercury dime aficionados.A Mercury Dime is a ten-cent coin produced by the U.S. Though, if you’re going to spring for high-grade 1944 Mercury dimes, you may as well buy fully split band (FSB) Mercury dimes. For less than $30, you can buy any 1944 Mercury dime grading MS-65.

* Values are for coins in a grade of Extremely Fine-40.Īny of the three 1944 Mercury dime issues can be had for under $10 each in MS-60. Here’s a breakdown of the 1944 Mercury dime mintages and values for the three issues produced during that year: Philadelphia was the most prolific producer of dimes in 1944, with Denver and San Francisco putting out smaller, but still significant, quantities of the coin that year. As was the case in 1943, more than 300 million Mercury dimes rolled out of the United States Mint in 1944, and the date remains exceedingly common to this day, despite mass melting of the series during spikes of the silver bullion price. 1944 Mercury dimes, like those from earlier in the decade, are highly common.

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