1917-S MERCURY HEAD DIME
PCGS Nos: 4914, 4915
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 27,330,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Adolph
Alexander Weinman
Diameter: 17.9
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: 2.50
grams
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"S" (for San Francisco) just to the right of the E of ONE on the
reverse
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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
The coin illustrated above
was from the Dan Miller collection of Mercury Head Dimes and was graded
MS-66 Full Bands by PCGS
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated non-Full Bands example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
The finest Uncirculated Full Bands examples graded by PCGS are 10 MS-67's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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