With the aid of a magnifying glass your 1942 dimes are worth a second look. In the past many circulated long enough to wear considerably, leading to the possibility of finding one in any box of old coins. The close up picture of the date shows the over punching of numerals is very clear.

When an uncirculated 1942/41 enters the market values often reach over $1500. Many collectors of Mercury dimes consider the coin as part of a complete set, creating a solid demand. Pictured is an example with light even wear and in this condition sold at a David Lawrence Rare Coin Auction for $634. Few were released into circulation and when discovered collectors realized the scarcity and soon began the rise in value of the coin. Coins minted using this die show a clear 2 over 1 date. The average mintage across all issues is 34,760,050.A rare 1942 Mercury dime was created by the mint when preparing a die, the number '2' was punched over a '1' when the date was applied. 1941 Mercury Dime Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez Coin Info Melt Value 1.76 Country United States Type Silver Coin Metal Content 0.07234 t oz Face Value 0.10 USD Mintage 263,830,557 More than 250 million a quarter billion Mercury dimes were struck in 1941, providing more than ample supplies for coin collectors today.Relative Rarity By Type ranks the rarity of this coin with all other coins of this Type. The higher the number, the more rare the coin. There were a scant 264,000 pieces minted and most were well circulated before being saved by collectors. Numismatic Rarity converts the Survival Estimate for a particular coin into a number from 1 to 10 (with decimal increments) based on the PCGS Rarity Scale. The lowest mintage issue and famous key date is the 1916-D Mercury Dime.The peak mintage occurred with the 1944 Mercury Dime, with 231,410,000 coins struck at the Philadelphia Mint.

This is more than five times the production of the previous Barber Dime series, which had roughly the same number of issues.

Across all issues of the series, there were 2,676,523,880 coins produced.

There are a total of 77 different date and mint mark combinations, including coins struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints.

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