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1928-S Mercury Dime

San Francisco Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1928-S Mercury Dime was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 7,400,000 coins — the 23rd-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 24% of the 31,041,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1928.

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 1928 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1928 Mercury DimePhiladelphia19,480,000
1928-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco7,400,000
1928-D Mercury DimeDenver4,161,000

The 1928-S 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.