United States

1 Dime "Roosevelt Dime" · “Roosevelt Dime”

United States · 1965–2023 · Copper

The coin

The story

The Roosevelt Dime: The Coin That Quietly Lost Its Silver

Pull a dime from your pocket and look at its edge. That thin copper stripe is the scar from a national emergency: in 1965 the United States ran out of cheap silver and had to reinvent its small change overnight. The Roosevelt dime is where you can still see it happen.

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Designer

John Ray Sinnock

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Era

The End of Silver & the Clad Era

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Catalogue

Issuer: United States
Years: 1965–2023
Metal: Copper

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1981-S1 live · from $15.00 1984-S6 live · from $20.00 1987-S3 live · from $14.00 1988-S4 live · from $12.00 1992-S2 live · from $30.00

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Date19846 19825 19874 19883 19672 19722 19812 19862 19902 19982 20052 19771 19781 19801 19851 19921 19931 19941 19971 19991 20001

MintS35 D2 P2

Grade7019 6916 683 642 672

GraderPCGS24 NGC15 ICG4

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Live on eBay — 1982-S · grade 64

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