Silverdimes Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 All of my coins have been out of circulation since the forties.Can anyone tell me about this coin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 It is just damaged. Something has gouged the neck. Probably only worth bullion value now Coinbuf and Crawtomatic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
“” Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 You have a Mercury dime minted at the San Franisco mint. The S mint on the reverse at to the right of the one indicates the mint of manufacture. The Mercury dime is very popular with collectors. There may be a slight premium over silver melt value to a collector of circulated coins, but I think it is probably better as a keepsake as the value is of no meaningful significance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinbuf Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 You have a damaged (gouged/scratched) Mercury dime from 1943 minted at the SF mint. SF minted 60.4 million Mercury dimes that year, while this dime is old there is no shortage of dimes from that year or timeframe in general. Often people automatically assume that old equals valuable, that is true sometimes but more often not. As such there is essentially no demand for a damaged coin when a collector can easily find a nice high grade example often for under $10. If you received this as part of an inheritance or from a family member there may be some sentimental value for you, as the dime is silver it does have a greater than face value for that silver. Currently today the melt value of that dime is just over $1.50, the value changes with the spot value of silver and you can check the value of any US coin at this link. Click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
