Pair of 18.80x18.80MM Sterling Silver Mercury Dime Coin Cuff Links
Limited Quantities Available. Offer valid while supplies last. This item will be gift wrapped in a contemporary gift box, making it a wonderful gift. In addition, a 'gift message' can be added.
Specifications
Length |
18.8 mm |
Width |
18.8 mm |
Primary Stone Shape |
N/A |
Jewelry Material Type1 |
Sterling Silver |
Metal Color1 |
White |
Details
The Figure in the obverse side of the "Mercury Dime" is an image of the mythological goddess
Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap not the Roman messenger god Mercury. This Winged Liberty Head dime designed by noted sculptor Adolph A. Weinman is considered to be one of the most beautiful US coin designs ever produced. The model for the figure is believed to be Elsie Kachel Stevens, wife of the noted poet Wallace Stevens. The fasces, which is a bundle of rods containing a protruding ax blade, a repeating icon through out American history, with olive branches was designed to suggest America's readiness for war combined with her desire for peace.
Obverse: Figure of mythological goddess
Liberty wearing Phrygian cap surrounded by the word
Liberty
Reverse: A fasces, a bundle of rods containing a protruding ax blade, a common icon in American history, with olive branches