The only president whose picture ever appeared (and still does) on a US dime is Franklin Roosevelt. President Eisenhower's portrait was used on $1 coins dated 1971 to 1978.
In any case, if you have a Roosevelt dime dated between 1946 and 1964, it contains 2.25 gm of pure silver alloyed with 0.25 gm of copper. At mid-2011 prices the silver is worth about $2.75 retail. However, depending on date, mint mark, and condition the coin could be worth more to a collector.
It is FDR on the dime, not Eisenhower. All Roosevelt dimes are common and only worth silver melt value. At the time of writing it is around $2.25 or so in silver.
With silver at $41.39 per ounce, as of 9-10-11 a 90% silver dime has a Melt Value of $3.99.
1902 and 1907 silver dimes
Uh, Dwight Eisenhower was (a) President and (b) very much alive in 1953 so legally his picture couldn't be used on any coin. The dime carried, as it still does, a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
No Eisenhower dollar coins regardless of date or mintmark struck for circulation contain silver and have only face value. Just some special collector coins sold from the mint were struck in 40% silver.
It is FDR on the dime, not Eisenhower. All Roosevelt dimes are common and only worth silver melt value. At the time of writing it is around $2.25 or so in silver.
An absolute fortune since Eisenhower isn't on the dime.
Franklin D. Roosevelt first appeared on the US dime in 1946 and is still on it. Eisenhower has never been on a dime, only dollar coins starting in 1971 to the end of 1978. The value of the 1959 dime is about one dollar, just for the silver.
Eisenhower was never on the dime; he was on the silver dollar in the 1970s. Franklin Roosevelt has been on the dime since 1946. Before that, the dime featured Liberty wearing a winged cap.
This item does not exist! There has never been an "Eisenhower" dime issued by the United States Mint.
what is the value for an American 1909 silver dime
Likely because he was the 34th president, and the coins are not silver.
If it has any wear at all the value is for the silver only about $1.00. A uncirculated 1942 dime is about $2.50
Nothing. There is no such thing. The most silver any dime has is 90%. This is most likely what you have.
The 1977 Eisenhower dollar is NOT silver, the last 40% silver collectors coins of the series were the bicentennial coins. None of the Eisenhower dollars struck for general circulation have any silver or are worth more that face value.
A 1951 Roosevelt dime is very common, most are only valued for the silver in them, about $1.35.
With silver at $41.39 per ounce, as of 9-10-11 a 90% silver dime has a Melt Value of $3.99.