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1921-P & 1921-D Mercury Dimes Good |
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Both these “P” and “D” tough-find silver Mercury dimes had mintages just barely topping 1 million. Only the key-date 1916-D coin had a lower production number. Just one year before, in 1920, over 59 million Philadelphia and 19 million Denver coins were produced. In 1921 the country was in recession and coin demand was down. Another factor was that U.S. mints were busy producing the over 200 million silver dollars needed as reserves for a new issue of Silver Certificates. The complete Mercury dime series was struck in 90% silver and a tremendous number were lost in private melts. Our circulated Good quality issues avoided that fate. “Mercury” is actually a misnomer for this dime, which depicts a female Liberty rather than the male Roman god. Liberty’s winged cap was intended to symbolize the American constitutional guarantee of freedom of thought.
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