Yes they do, all Mercury Head dimes are 90% silver and 10% copper.
The Mercury Dime contains: 0.900 silver and 0.100 cooper. The net weight of the pure silver in this coin is: 0.07234 oz.
Yes. They were made of 90% silver and 10% copper. Due to the silver they have a melt value of around $2.50. The total silver weight is 2.25 grams.
It depends on when it was minted. Modern dimes don't contain any silver, but up till 1964 all US dimes were made of an alloy of 90% silver and 10% copper. When the price of silver shot up in the 1960s the Mint was forced to remove silver from circulating coins, so all circulating dimes and quarters dated 1965 and later, and halves and dollars dated 1971 and later, have no silver in them.
All US dimes until 1965 were struck in 90% silver.
Yes they do, all Mercury Head dimes are 90% silver and 10% copper.
Yes, all Mercury dimes are struck in 90% silver and are worth about $2 for their silver content regardless of condition.
All Mercury dimes are 90% silver and 10% copper. They were struck from 1916 to 1945.
No, nor are any U.S. dimes. Mercury dimes are made of silver and copper, neither of which are magnetic.
A mercury dime contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver. You would need 13.83 mercury dimes to get 1 troy ounce of Silver.
This is a very common date for Mercury dimes. If it has any wear at all the value is for the silver, about $2.00.
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Mercury dimes minted from 1941 to 1945 are very common, if it has any wear, the value is about $2.00 just for the silver.
It worth about $2.00 just for the silver. All Mercury Head dimes are 90% silver. The collectible value of any coin depends on date, mintmark and grade.
The last Mercury dimes were minted in 1945. All dimes minted after that are Roosevelt dimes. Silver dimes from that era are worth at least their silver content, about $1.25 as of 03/2010 but can be worth more to a collector. You need to know the coins' specific dates, mint marks, and conditions to get a more accurate valuation.
Barber, Mercury and Roosevelt dimes up to 1964 are made of 90% silver and 10% copper. When new, they weighed 2.5 gm so that means they contained 2.25 gm of silver.
» There are 3.617 troy ounces of silver in 50 silver Mercury dime(s).» Each Mercury dime contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver and is valued at $2.34 when silver is at $32.28 / ounce.» A roll of Mercury dimes has 50 coins and is valued at $116.76 when silver is at $32.28 / ounce.