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Roosevelt Silver Dime (pre-1965)
1964 and earlier Roosevelt dimes are 90% silver. 1965 and later are clad, same cutoff year as quarters and halves.
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.
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
- No circulation date in this run is a true key. It's an honest, straightforward junk-silver series, and that's not a bad thing to hold.
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