With no D mint mark or no mint mark at all it's from Philadelphia.
The 1916-D Mercury dime is 1.35mm thick and has a diameter of 17.9mm.
a 1916-D mercury dime
The difference (and the value) is where they were made. S= San Francisco, D= Denver.
they made 2 million 1916 d dimes oh and that dime is called a mercury dime ONLY 264,000 1916-D Mercury Dimes were struck.
The 1916-D, which is worth $375.00.
The 1916-D Mercury dime is the key-date coin of the series. Genuine examples of a circulated coin have values from $900.00 to more then $10,000.00.
The 1916-D, which is worth $375.00.
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The 1916-D Mercury dime is the key-date coin of the series. Genuine examples of a circulated coin have values from $900.00 to more then $10,000.00.
The 1916-D is the rarest with a mintage of only 264,000 coins.
mercury dimes were not made until 1916.
The difference is mostly the letter, the coins look identical otherwise. Only one was minted in San Fransisco (the S) and was produced in large numbers, the other (the D) was minted in Denver in very small amounts and the 1916-D is worth several hundred to several thousand dollars depending on condition.