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

1945-D Mercury Dime

Denver Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1945-D Mercury Dime was struck at the Denver Mint with a recorded mintage of 40,245,000 coins — the 55th-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 17% of the 240,665,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1945.

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 1945 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1945 Mercury DimePhiladelphia159,130,000
1945-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco41,290,000
1945-D Mercury DimeDenver40,245,000

The 1945-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.