ONE SILVER DIME
$3.632.25 g fine silver · 0.0723 ozt · 90% silver
Spot price · Nov 2, 1:22 PM UTC · gold-api.com
1892–1964
Covers Barber, Mercury and pre-1965 Roosevelt dimes. Later circulating Roosevelt dimes are copper-nickel clad.
YOUR COIN LOT
2.25 g fine silver
Silver dime values for common lots
| Lot | Fine silver (ozt) | Melt value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 coin | 0.0723 | $3.63 |
| 10 coins | 0.7234 | $36.29 |
| 50 coins | 3.617 | $181.44 |
| Standard roll · 50 coins | 3.617 | $181.44 |
| 100 coins | 7.2339 | $362.89 |
| $1 face | 0.7234 | $36.29 |
1943 Mercury dime · one of the covered designs
Photo: BrandonBigheart for the photograph; Adolph Weinman for the coin design. · Public domain · resized
MATCH THE ISSUE
Check your coin
- This 90% preset covers Barber, Mercury and pre-1965 Roosevelt dimes at 2.5 g standard mass.
- Read the date on the obverse. The Mercury design shown is one example, not the only covered design.
- Circulating Roosevelt dimes dated 1965 onward are clad. Special silver proofs require separate identification.
Keep collector condition intact: do not clean a coin to identify it. Use measured weight for a worn collection.
Barber dime melt value
1892–1916 · 2.5 g · .900 silver
Barber dime · reverse from the Mint history montage
Photo: United States Mint image; Charles E. Barber design · Public domain · cropped- Liberty faces right in a cap and laurel wreath; ONE DIME is inside a wreath on the reverse.
- The series is 1892–1916. Look below the reverse wreath’s bow for O, S or D; Philadelphia has no mintmark.
One original-weight Barber dime contains 2.25 g fine silver, the same silver standard used by the Mercury and pre-1965 Roosevelt dimes in this calculator. In 1916 both Barber and Mercury designs were struck; check the design when identifying a collector issue.
Calculate this series above →Eligible Silver dime issues
Barber, Mercury and Roosevelt dimes through 1964 use the 2.5 g, .900 silver standard. Ten dimes make $1 face with 22.5 g fine silver; fifty make a $5 roll. The Mercury page supplies the Winged Liberty design and mintmark checks.
Clad dime melt value
A circulating copper-nickel clad dime weighs 2.268 g and contains no silver. Its total alloy is 91.67% copper and 8.33% nickel. Silver collector proofs need their own composition check; a later date alone does not make a coin silver.