Silver Mercury Dimes mintage spanned 29 years with significant variability in mint runs. The Denver 1916 run was the smallest and therefore the hardest coins to find for a complete collection. These unique were not collected much in the early years either leaving few high quality specimens.
Proofs
Approximately 78,000 Proof quality Silver Mercury Dimes were struck, all in years 1936 thru 1942..
Errors
Perhaps the best know error in the Mercury series is the 1942/1 “overdate” These were produced at both at Denver and Philadelphia with the Philadelphia variety having popularity near the 1916-D.
The “Micro S” variety where many 1945 dated coins have a smaller “S” mint mark and sell for a slight premium over regular “S” coins.
Mercury Dime Mintage
- Date Mint Pop
- 1916 P 22,180,080
- 1916 D 264,000
- 1916 S 10,450,000
- 1917 P 55,230,000
- 1917 D 9,402,000
- 1917 S 27,330,000
- 1918 P 26,680,000
- 1918 D 22,674,800
- 1918 S 19,300,000
- 1919 P 35,740,000
- 1919 D 9,939,000
- 1919 S 8,850,000
- 1920 P 59,030,000
- 1920 D 19,171,000
- 1920 S 13,820,000
- 1921 P 1,230,000
- 1921 D 1,080,000
- 1923 P 50,130,000
- 1923 S 6,440,000
- 1924 P 24,010,000
- 1924 D 6,810,000
- 1924 S 7,120,000
- 1925 P 25,610,000
- 1925 D 5,117,000
- 1925 S 5,850,000
- 1926 P 32,160,000
- 1926 D 6,828,000
- 1926 S 1,520,000
- 1927 P 28,080,000
- 1927 D 4,812,000
- 1927 S 4,770,000
- 1928 P 19,480,000
- 1928 D 4,161,000
- 1928 S 4,100,000
- 1929 P 25,970,000
- 1929 D 5,034,000
- 1929 S 4,730,000
- 1930 P 6,770,000
- 1930 S 1,843,000
- 1931 P 3,150,000
- 1931 D 1,260,000
- 1931 S 1,800,000
- 1934 P 24,080,000
- 1934 D 6,772,000
- 1935 P 58,830,000
- 1935 D 10,477,000
- 1935 S 15,840,000
- 1936 P 87,504,130
- 1936 D 16,132,000
- 1936 S 9,210,000
- 1937 P 56,865,756
- 1937 D 14,146,000
- 1937 S 9,740,000
- 1938 P 22,198,728
- 1938 D 5,537,000
- 1938 S 8,090,000
- 1939 P 67,749,321
- 1939 D 24,394,000
- 1939 S 10,540,000
- 1940 P 65,361,827
- 1940 D 21,198,000
- 1940 S 21,560,000
- 1941 P 175,106,557
- 1941 D 45,634,000
- 1941 S 43,090,000
- 1942 P 205,432,329
- 1942 D 60,740,000
- 1942 S 49,300,000
- 1943 P 191,710,000
- 1943 D 71,949,000
- 1943 S 60,400,000
- 1944 P 231,410,000
- 1944 D 62,224,000
- 1944 S 49,490,000
- 1945 P 159,130,000
- 1945 D 40,245,000
- 1945 S 41,920,000