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1941 Mercury Dime

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1941 Mercury Dime was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 175,090,000 coins — the 74th-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 66% of the 263,814,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1941.

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 1941 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1941 Mercury DimePhiladelphia175,090,000
1941-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco43,090,000
1941-D Mercury DimeDenver45,634,000

The 1941 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.