CoinsMercury Dimes, 1916–1945 → 1940-D Mercury Dime

1940-D Mercury Dime

Denver Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1940-D Mercury Dime was struck at the Denver Mint with a recorded mintage of 21,198,000 coins — the 40th-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 20% of the 108,108,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1940.

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 1940 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1940 Mercury DimePhiladelphia65,350,000
1940-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco21,560,000
1940-D Mercury DimeDenver21,198,000

The 1940-D 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.