Lot 673
1916 Mercury Dime. NGC graded MS-68 Full Bands. Beautiful deep toning. A incandescent and sparkling gem whose satiny beauty resides underneath absolutely pristine and boldly defined design features. Plus, as we noted already, and as the photographs amply show, there is a torrent of varying toning hues on both sides. Utter perfection in a first-year Mercury Dime. Pop 12; 2 in 68 Star.
The Mercury dimes reverse features a fasces, the ancient symbol of power and authority carried by Roman magistrates in the days of Ancient Rome. The fasces was a wooden handled ax encased within a circle of wood or iron rods. The rods were held securely against the handle by a leather thong wound around them both horizontally and diagonally. Above the rods protruded the ax head.
Balancing the forces of war and peace, the fasces as depicted on the dime is intertwined with an olive branch. Arranged peripherally in large letters are the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above and the denomination ONE DIME below (PCGS # 4905) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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