With all the focus on the release today of the 2016-W gold Mercury dime, properly called Winged ... as well as an interesting and coherent set of coins.

On the back of the coin, there's a bundle of sticks and an axe that are held together with three sets of bands. In full-band Mercury dimes, the middle set of these bands is distinct and shows a ...

Writing on the PCGS Coin Facts website, PCGS President Ron Guth wrote, “The 1945 Mercury Head Dime is a very common coin with one exception – if it has Full Bands. Thousands of 1945 Dimes have ...

Many valuable and rare coins from the 1940s remain in circulation today, including the Mercury dime, which was produced from ...