The size of the mintmark. The micro S is about half the size of the regular one.
no the dime is made of a fake metal
The unit you should use to measure the thin edge of a dime would be millimeters.
The radius is 0.3438".
about 10cm because 1 dime=1mm* * * * *That would be OK if a dime was 1 mm but it isn't. It is 1.35 mm so that a stack of 100 is 135 mm = 13.5 cm.
The diameter and thickness of the penny could be expressed in millimeters = 'mm'. The area of the penny's faces, or even of its edge, could be expressed in square millimeters = 'mm2'. The volume of material in the penny could be expressed in cubic centimeters 'cc' or cubic millimeters 'mm3'. The mass and weight of the penny could both be expressed in grams = 'gm'. The age of the penny since it was minted could be expressed as a large number of seconds = 's'.
The 1945 nicro S Mercury Dime is 90% Silver Mercury Dime that was minted in San Francisco. San Francisco used different types of punches in 1945.
There are two types of 1945-S Mercury Dimes. One has a normal S mintmark (the "S" indicates that the coin was minted in San Francisco), and the other has a micro S mintmark. The micro S is the more valuable of the two. A micro S can be best identified by comparing the size of the "S" on the 1945 dime to the size of the "S" on another year of Mercury dime. In other words, you are comparing the 1945 "S" to an "S" that is sure to be normal size.
If it's a U.S. dime with a date of 1944, it's a Mercury dime.
The first MERCURY dime was struck in 1916
The Mercury Dime
The Winged Liberty Head Dime also known as the Mercury Dime was minted from 1916-1946.
The U.S. Mint did not issue a Mercury Dime in 1910.
The Winged Liberty, or Mercury Dime. Most people call it the Mercury Dime, but its real name is the Winged Liberty dime.
Do a Google image search for "Mercury Dime" and you will see the photo of the dime.
The 1894-S dime is considered the rarest Mercury dime, with only 24 known to exist. This coin is highly sought after by collectors and can fetch a high price at auctions.
That's off by about 65 years. Mercury dimes were minted from 1916 to 1945. A dime from 1853 would be called a Liberty dime or Liberty Seated dime.
A mercury dime has a face of a personification of liberty on it with a winged helmet. They are called mercury dimes because it looks like Mercury from mythology.