While picking the coins up from circulation is extremely rare these days, the series remains popular with both novice as well as experienced collectors.
By then, however, it had left a lasting impression on the minds of the American people, and albums of Mercury Dimes were filled up around the country straight from circulation. Adolph Weinman came up with a design which would be struck until the end of World War II in 1945, when it was replaced by the Roosevelt Dime. Like the other denominations redesigned in this time period, it was felt that the dime should better reflect the artistry of the time. The Mercury Dime was introduced in 1916 after the Barber Dime had been in production since 1892 and had long been unpopular.
