Greysheet/Greensheet prices are wholesale market levels for collectible coins/paper money intended to indicate what a dealer, or wholesale, buyer would pay for the described item in the specified grade. Mint mark, if any, appears near the bottom rim left of the torch. UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN * ONE DIME * is spelled out around the periphery. Reverse: A large torch is centered vertically adorned with an axe head and olive branches. The designer's initials 'AW' appear to the right of the neck. IN GOD WE TRUST appears left of the neck and the date is positioned just below the bust around 5 o'clock. Obverse: Winged Liberty, or Mercury (the Roman god of commerce), is depicted facing left with LIBERTY spelled around the periphery. Higher-grading pieces are significantly scarcer and command substantial premiums, which most registry set collectors who are building Mercury dime sets are willing to pay. The 1942-D Mercury dime is extremely common in all grades, even with Full Bands details, up through MS67.
Struck in Denver and designated as a Business (MS) strike, this coin is made of 90% silver 10% copper from a mintage of 60,740,000 struck. The specific variety is Repunched Mintmark. The 1942-D/D Ten cents is part of a series of Winged liberty head (Mercury) dime coins struck from 1916-1945.
