2015-12-02 Wed

A 10c Winged Liberty Head (1916-D 10c PCGS/CAC AU55) minted in 1916 at Denver mint is up for sale on www.davidlawrence.com for an estimated price of $12,250.00.

This 1916-D 10c PCGS/CAC AU55 is part of the ‘Winged liberty head’ (Mercury) series which were struck from 1916-1945. The coin was minted in Denver with a composition of 90% silver; 10% copper. This particular coin is from the first year of the issue of such liberty type coins.

Coin description:

Winged Liberty Head looking to left, the legend “Liberty” inscribed around it starting from 9 o’clock. Legend “In God We Trust’ inscribed on the left lower part of the coin with the date “1916” on the lower right side. The initials of the designer Adolph A. Weinman, ‘AW’ (‘A’ written below ‘W’) is inscribed on right.