Melt value, today
Mercury Dime
$4.79
0.07234 oz silver × $66.19/oz silver spot
SPOT $66.19/oz silver · 2026-09-21
Every Mercury dime (1916–1945) is 90% silver: the design that ran right up to the Roosevelt switch.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
Melt
$4.79
2026-09-21
Common-date retail
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A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- 1916-D is the key date (about 264,000 minted) and also the most faked date in the series, so a magnifier and a known-genuine comparison matter before you believe one.
- The 1942/1 and 1942/1-D overdates are real, confirmed premiums. Common 1940s dates trade close to melt.
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Related series
Barber DimeRoosevelt Silver Dime (pre-1965)Jefferson War Nickel (1942-1945)1965-1970 Kennedy Half Dollar (40% Silver)
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