However, Americans found it similar to the Roman god Mercury, and it happened that the coin has stayed known in history as the Mercury dime. Weinman, who wanted to depict a young Lady Liberty with a winged cap on her head. The plan was to replace old Barber dimes existing since 1892. The Treasury Department organized a design competition in 1916. The US Mint produced these pieces from 1916 to 1945 before Roosevelt dimes replaced them in 1946. The Winged Liberty Head dimes (Mercury dimes) are popular American ten-cent coins made of 90% silver. For instance, the most expensive dime on the market costs almost $20,000. Therefore, you can expect the 1943 Mercury dime value to be relatively low except for rare, well-preserved specimens.
Thanks to their availability on the market, most of these coins are affordable, particularly modern pieces. The US Mint struck pieces with this pleasing design for 29 years, from 1916 to 1945. When Adolph Weinman designed the Winged Liberty Head dime in 1916, he could not guess that his coin would be remembered in history by the name of a Roman god of commerce, Mercury.