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1926 Mercury Dime

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1926 Mercury Dime was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 32,160,000 coins — the 53rd-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 79% of the 40,508,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1926.

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 1926 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1926 Mercury DimePhiladelphia32,160,000
1926-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco1,520,000
1926-D Mercury DimeDenver6,828,000

The 1926 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.