Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design

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United States coin design coin design

The Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design is a classic early 20th-century U.S. coin motif featuring Liberty in a winged cap, symbolizing freedom of thought, and is widely regarded as one of America’s most beautiful coin designs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mercury Dime (Winged Liberty Head dime) design	1
Mercury dime design	1
Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4449164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design
Context triple: [American Eagle palladium bullion coin, obverseDesign, Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design]

A. Seated Liberty dime
The Seated Liberty dime is a U.S. ten-cent coin minted from 1837 to 1891, featuring an image of Liberty seated on a rock and widely collected today for its historical and numismatic significance.
B. Seated Liberty dollar
The Seated Liberty dollar is a 19th-century United States silver dollar featuring Liberty seated on a rock, minted from the late 1830s to 1873 and prized today by numismatists.
C. Liberty Head (Type 1)
Liberty Head (Type 1) is the classic 19th-century U.S. gold coin portrait featuring Lady Liberty’s head, used on the earliest gold dollar issues.
D. Indian Head (Buffalo) nickel obverse design
The Indian Head (Buffalo) nickel obverse design is the iconic early 20th-century U.S. coin portrait featuring a composite Native American profile created by sculptor James Earle Fraser.
E. Roosevelt dime
The Roosevelt dime is a U.S. ten-cent coin featuring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, introduced in 1946 and still in circulation today.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design
Target entity description: The Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design is a classic early 20th-century U.S. coin motif featuring Liberty in a winged cap, symbolizing freedom of thought, and is widely regarded as one of America’s most beautiful coin designs.

A. Seated Liberty dime
The Seated Liberty dime is a U.S. ten-cent coin minted from 1837 to 1891, featuring an image of Liberty seated on a rock and widely collected today for its historical and numismatic significance.
B. Seated Liberty dollar
The Seated Liberty dollar is a 19th-century United States silver dollar featuring Liberty seated on a rock, minted from the late 1830s to 1873 and prized today by numismatists.
C. Liberty Head (Type 1)
Liberty Head (Type 1) is the classic 19th-century U.S. gold coin portrait featuring Lady Liberty’s head, used on the earliest gold dollar issues.
D. Indian Head (Buffalo) nickel obverse design
The Indian Head (Buffalo) nickel obverse design is the iconic early 20th-century U.S. coin portrait featuring a composite Native American profile created by sculptor James Earle Fraser.
E. Roosevelt dime
The Roosevelt dime is a U.S. ten-cent coin featuring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, introduced in 1946 and still in circulation today.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States coin design ⓘ coin design ⓘ
appliesToDenomination	dime ⓘ
artisticEra	early 20th-century American coinage ⓘ
associatedWith	Adolph A. Weinman’s Walking Liberty half dollar design era ⓘ
category	United States dime designs ⓘ
collectingFocus	key dates such as 1916-D ⓘ
commissioningAuthority	U.S. Treasury Department ⓘ linked to: United States Department of the Treasury United States Mint ⓘ
composition	10% copper ⓘ 90% silver ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designer	Adolph A. Weinman ⓘ Adolph Alexander Weinman ⓘ linked to: Adolph A. Weinman
edgeType	reeded edge ⓘ
faceValue	10 cents ⓘ
introducedOnCoin	1916 ⓘ
lastRegularIssueYearOnCoin	1945 ⓘ
materializedAs	Winged Liberty Head dime coins ⓘ linked to: Mercury dime
metal	silver ⓘ
mintMarkLocation	reverse to the left of the fasces near the bottom ⓘ
obverseDescription	Head of Liberty wearing a winged cap facing left ⓘ
obverseFigure	Liberty ⓘ
obverseLegend	IN GOD WE TRUST ⓘ LIBERTY ⓘ date ⓘ
periodOfUseOnCirculatingDimes	1916–1945 ⓘ
popularMisidentification	Roman god Mercury ⓘ
popularName	Mercury dime design ⓘ linked to: Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design
reasonForNickname	Liberty’s winged cap resembles Mercury’s winged helmet ⓘ
regardedAs	one of the most beautiful U.S. coin designs ⓘ
replacedDesign	Barber dime design ⓘ
reverseDescription	Roman fasces with an olive branch wrapped around it ⓘ
reverseFigure	fasces ⓘ olive branch ⓘ
reverseLegend	E PLURIBUS UNUM ⓘ ONE DIME ⓘ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ⓘ linked to: United States of America
reverseSymbolism	peace ⓘ preparedness for war and desire for peace ⓘ strength and unity ⓘ
style	Beaux-Arts influenced ⓘ neoclassical ⓘ
subjectOf	numismatic studies ⓘ
symbolism	freedom of thought ⓘ liberty ⓘ
usedOn	circulating United States dimes ⓘ proof dimes of the period 1936–1942 ⓘ
wasReplacedByDesign	Roosevelt dime design ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Eagle palladium bullion coin → obverseDesign → Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design ⓘ

subject linked to: American Eagle palladium bullion coins

Adolph A. Weinman → notableWork → Mercury Dime (Winged Liberty Head dime) design ⓘ

linked to: Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design

Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime design → popularName → Mercury dime design ⓘ