Collecting coins has been popular throughout the world and history. Some people collect coins as an investment others such as myself collect coins as a hobby and I started collecting coins many years ago. My interest was more in the coins itself and not so much as to the grade of the coins, though I always looked for the best grade possible within my budget. For people who collect anything; coins, stamps, art work or even rocks for a hobby, one thing that makes the hobby worth while, other than the ownership of the object, is to be able to display and show them to others.
The Winged Liberty Head Dime was designed by Adolph A. Weinman. The dimes’ composition is 90% silver and 10% copper with a 17.9 mm diameter. The obverse has a portrait of Liberty facing left, wearing a Phrygian cap, (symbolizing liberty and freedom) and wings (symbolizing freedom of thought). The coin is referred to as the Mercury Head dime due to its’ likeness to the Roman god Mercury. The reverse has an olive branch and a fasces, (which is a bundle of rods tied together with an axe attached). The dime was minted from 1916 through 1945 but no dimes were dated 1922, 1932 or 1933.
The U.S. Morgan Silver Dollar coins were minted from 1878 through 1904 and again in 1921. The Morgan Dollar is named after George T. Morgan, who designed both sides of the coin. The Morgan obverse portrays Miss Liberty facing left, modeled by Anna Willess Williams, a teacher. The reverse depicts an eagle with seven tail feathers, but the original design had eight feathers and was changed during 1878, making variations of the tail feathers: seven, eight and seven-over-eight for that year. The coins’ composition is 90% silver and 10% copper. It has a 38.1 diameter and weights 26.73 grams.
The Standing Liberty quarter was designed by Hermon A. MacNeil, who had won a competition to be the designer of the quarter. The obverse shows the front of Liberty with an olive branch in her right hand symbolizing peace and a shield in her left hand for protection. There are two varieties, Type 1 from 1916-17 “bare breast” and Type 2 from 1917-30, where the breast was covered with a chain mail. The reverse shows an American Eagle in flight. There were no Standing Liberty coins struck during 1922. The coins were struck at the Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Denver mints.
The Stone Mountain Commemorative was struck in 1925. The money received from the sales of this coin went to the cost of a sculpture on Stone Mountain in Georgia, for a Confederate Memorial. The obverse depicts General Stonewall Jackson and General Robert E. Lee on their horses. The reverse depicts a Bald Eagle on a cliff. The commemorative is a 90% silver and 10% copper half dollar.
