Obverse: Winged Liberty, or Mercury (the Roman god of commerce), is depicted facing left with LIBERTY spelled around the periphery. In higher grades these pieces become scarcer but can be had for a price. A large number of uncirculated survivors exhibit strong strikes and, thus, are readily available with Full Bands details up through MS67. The 1942-S Mercury dime is an extremely common coin in all grades and is quite plentiful even in Gem Uncirculated levels. Struck in San Francisco and designated as a Business (MS) strike, this coin is made of 90% silver 10% copper from a mintage of 49,300,000 struck. The 1942-S Ten cents is part of a series of Winged liberty head (Mercury) dime coins struck from 1916-1945.
