1916-D Dime NGC G6 CAC - 1916-D 10C NGC G6 CAC. The 1916-D is the key to the Winged Liberty Head or Mercury dime series. The coin shows light devices over somewhat darker toned fields. The reverse fields are a few shades darker than the obverse. The coin is a Good 6 because the fasces on the reverse are well outlined. All of the letters in the legends and mottoes as well as the date and mintmark are full and clear. The surfaces are original and extremely clean for the grade with no individual abrasion marks or other distractions worthy of mention. The CAC sticker indicates that the coin is a premium quality piece that fully merits the grade assigned.

The Winged Liberty Head dime was designed by Adolph A. Weinman. It depicts Liberty wearing a winged cap that resembles the Roman god Mercury. Her youthful profile faces left and is surrounded by LIBERTY. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST in very small letters is in two lines below her chin and between her neck and the coins edge. The date is set off to the right below the truncation, and the designers monogram initials are in the right field opposite the motto. The principal devices of the reverse are the fasces and the olive branch, symbols of authority and peace. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is around the outer periphery of the coin. The motto E PLURIBUS UNUM is in smaller letters in the lower right field. The mintmark is to the left between the olive branch stem and the E in ONE.

Adolph A. Weinman was born on December 11, 1870 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He moved to the United States when he was ten years old. He attended night classes at Cooper Union when he was fifteen, and later he was a student at the Art Students League of New York, where he studied with sculptor, designer Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Philip Martiny, another sculptor. In 1904 he opened his own studio. He considered himself an architectural sculptor, as was Saint-Gaudens; however, Weinman is now best known for his coin and medal designs. He is particularly remembered for his Walking Liberty half dollar, from which the American Silver Eagle bullion coin is derived; the Mercury dime, and several medals for the armed services of the United States.

In its population report, as of April 2013, CAC has confirmed 28 1916-D Mercury dimes at the Good 6 level.