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When rifling through change or found coins, always make sure to put aside all pre-1965 Roosevelt dimes, which contain a 90% silver composition and are worth significantly more than their face value.
In 2016, one of these rare dimes sold at auction for $1,997,50. 1873-CC MS65 No Arrows Liberty Seated Dime. Another no arrows dime worth a pretty penny is the 1873-CC MS65 No Arrows Liberty Seated ...
Before you go digging around in search of a 1975 dime, you should know this: Your chances of having the rare dime are about 1 in 1.4 million. There are a couple of reasons it is so valuable.
From 1796 to 1837, dimes were composed of 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper, [3] the value of which required the coins to be physically very small to prevent their commodity value from being worth more than face value. [4] Thus dimes are made small and thin.
The 1894-S Barber dime is a dime produced in the United States Barber coinage. It is one of the rarest and most highly prized United States coins for collectors, along with the 1804 dollar and the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. One was sold in 2005 for $1.3 million, [1] and another for $1.9 million in 2007. [2]
Three sisters in Ohio just sold a rare dime for $506,250 during an online auction. The mother and brother of the sisters (who wish to remain anonymous) purchased the coin in 1978 for $18,200.
With the adoption of the decimal U.S. currency in 1794, there was no longer a U.S. coin worth $ 1 ⁄ 8, but "two bits" remained in the language with the meaning of $ 1 ⁄ 4. Because there was no 1-bit coin, a dime (10¢) was sometimes called a short bit and 15¢ a long bit.
According to PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service) price guide editor Jaime Hernandez, only about 150,000 Roosevelt dimes were released in Philadelphia in 1982 without a mint mark.