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Mercury Head dime

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Collection Type

  • Currency

Date

1944

GUSN

GUSN-222628

Description

1944 Mercury Head dime. The obverse has the head of liberty with the word "liberty" arching around the edge. The reverse has a fasces with an olive branch.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silver (metal)
copper (metal)
Coin

Inscription

"IN GOD / WE TRUST / 1944"
"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE DIME"

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12/16 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2688.3

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