Weinman's original design but not identical. The 2016 version features Liberty facing left.
A winged cap adorns her head, tufts of hair curl around the base of the pileus cap on her forehead and behind her ear. A braid of hair wraps around the base of her neck.
Wraps around the top of the coin with letters spaced apart, the letters "E" and "R" partially obstructed by Liberty's cap. The designer's initials (a "W" surmounting an "A") appear behind Liberty's neck below and to the left of the "Y" in.
The motto "IN GOD WE TRUST". Is in the field to the left, and the date. Appears below the bust truncation. A subtle basin creates a dish-like appearance in the field. As with the obverse, the reverse is adapted from Weinman.In the center are the fasces, the axe blade to the left. A curvilinear branch of olive leaves wraps behind the fasces. Wrapping clockwise around the top of the design is the legend. UNITED · STATES · OF · AMERICA. Wrapping counterclockwise around the bottom of the design is the denomination.
Separate the legend from the denomination. Mintmark of the West Point Mint is located to the right of. The motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM". (usually translated as "Out of Many, One") appears to the right of the fasces, slightly below center. Below the motto is the coin's composition and.
The field is slightly dish-like. The 2016-W Mercury Dime Centennial gold coin has reeded edges that resemble the edge reeding on the 1/10th ounce. This reeding is more pronounced and precise than the reeding on an original business strike silver Mercury Dime. Please include with the return a description of why you are dissatisfied, as well as the listing information.