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For nearly 80 years, FDR has been the face of the U.S. dime, and some of the rare ones fetch tens of thousands of dollars. ... The vast majority of Roosevelt Dimes are worth face value — 10 ...
The 1975 No-S proof Roosevelt dime is one of the most valuable of all modern coins. Just two known specimens exist. The most recent sale raised nearly a half-million dollars ($456,000) due to its ...
Like other coins, the value of errors is based in part on rarity and condition. In general, lower denomination errors are less expensive than higher denomination errors simply because more such coins are minted resulting in available errors. Due to improvements in production and inspection, modern errors are more rare and this impacts value. [3]
A silver Roosevelt dime. The Roosevelt dime was first struck on January 19, 1946, at the Philadelphia Mint. [23] It was released into circulation on January 30, which would have been President Roosevelt's 64th birthday. [17] The planned release date had been February 5; it was moved up to coincide with the anniversary. [23]
The Roosevelt dime has been minted every year, beginning in 1946. Through 1955, all three mints, Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco produced circulating coinage; production at San Francisco ended in 1955, resuming in 1968 with proof coinage only. Through 1964 "D" and "S" mintmarks can be found to the left of the torch. From 1968, the ...
According to PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service) price guide editor Jaime Hernandez, only about 150,000 Roosevelt dimes were released in Philadelphia in 1982 without a mint mark.
Notable are the 1970, 1973, and 1996 mint sets. These contained the 1970-D Kennedy half dollar, [19] the 1973-P and 1973-D Eisenhower dollars, [20] and the 1996-W Roosevelt dime, [21] none of which were minted for general circulation and could be obtained only from the U.S. mint sets. More recent sets contain non-circulating half-dollar and ...
Die errors: When coins are minted, dies are used to create the lettering, numbering and images. Die errors might include doubling of images and letters or mismatching of dies.