American Museum of Atomic Energy Neutron Irradiated 1943 Mercury Dime 6C Plain Description Obverse Crowned head

Plain Description Obverse Crowned head left within beaded circle Description Reverse Denomination and date within beaded circle

This ring is resizable up or down

Eagle standing left

4994 oz ASW Diameter 32

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American Museum of Atomic Energy Neutron Irradiated 1943 Mercury Dime 6C Plain Description Obverse Crowned headHere is an excerpt from a press release from the American Museum of Atomic Energy released in the mid 1950s regarding these dimes: "One of the most popular exhibits in the American Museum of Atomic Energy is a "dime irradiator." To date, more than 250,000 dimes have been irradiated, encased in plastic and returned to their owners as souvenirs. The irradiator works as follows: A mixture of radioactive antimony and beryllium is enclosed in a lead