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1923 Mercury Dime

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1923 Mercury Dime was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 50,130,000 coins — the 61st-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 89% of the 56,570,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1923.

No dimes at all were struck in 1922 - the series simply skips a year.

A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.

Mintage: the 1923 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1923 Mercury DimePhiladelphia50,130,000
1923-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco6,440,000

The 1923 in its series

Sources

Mintage figures: United States Mint, Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.

The mintage is the only number that never changes. This is where it lives.