Face Value: $0.10 (What can be bought with it
Melt value: $0.02 (Value of metal if melted down)
Collector Value: $0.05 (Bought from you for 50% of selling price)
To sum this up, it would be better to spend your dime than to do ANYTHING else with it.
First weigh it ... a normal dime weighs 20268g. Then have a coin dealer check it out if different.
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
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.
No such coin exists. Silver dimes were produced for circulation dated 1964 and earlier. Silver proof sets started being sold to collectors starting in 1992. There is no 1985 dated silver dime.
First weigh it ... a normal dime weighs 20268g. Then have a coin dealer check it out if different.
No Copper-nickel clad Copper 1 Dime "Roosevelt Dime" 1965-2017 1946-1964 Silver (.900)
All circulation dimes dated 1965 and later are made of copper-nickel, not silver.
A 1920 mercury head dime is fairly common. It is 90% silver and 10% copper, with a value of $2.00 just for the silver. The collectible value is $4.00-$8.00 for an average circulated coin.
All circulating dimes dated 1965 and later are made of copper-nickel, not silver.
If it is a US dime, it isn't silver. Silver stopped being used in dimes after 1964, so any dime dated 1965 or later is struck in copper-nickel and are only worth face value.
A 1964 dime is made of 90% silver and 10% copper, known as a "silver dime" because of its silver content. These dimes were the last to be minted with silver before the composition changed to a copper-nickel alloy in 1965.
1965 Silver DimeCoin: 1965 Silver Dime Estimated Value: $9000+Background: The official production of silver dimes were discontinued in 1964.Beginning in 1965 dimes were made out of copper and nickel. A silver 1965 dime is a mistake (and a rare one).Only a few have been found, but more are believed to still be in circulation.How to spot it: The silver coin has a silver edge; the common copper/nickel coin has a strip of brown around the edge.A silver dime weighs 2.50 grams, while a copper/nickel dime weighs 2.27 grams
There are 2.25 grams of silver in a 1935 silver dime. It is made of 90% silver and 10% copper.
Dimes minted for circulation haven't contained any silver since 1964. All later dimes are made of copper-nickel and are only worth 10 cents each. If your dime has the familiar copper band on its edge you have an ordinary dime. The only silver dimes minted since that time are "Prestige Proof" coins that are specially struck for sale to collectors. If your dime doesn't have the copper band but does have an "S" mint mark and is heavier than an ordinary 2005 dime, you could have a proof dime that was removed from its package. Unfortunately if it has any wear on it, its value is reduced to the melt value of about 0.07 times the price of 1 oz of silver.
If it's so worn that the date isn't visible, it's worth its metal value only - about 80¢ if it's an older silver dime, 10¢ if it's a modern copper-nickel dime.
Nope.