AboutMyCoin1931-D Mercury Dime
A 1931-D Mercury dime was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — and with 1,260,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
Silver melt value
$4.65
0.0723 troy oz silver × $64.38 per troy ounce
$64.38/ozt, based on spot prices at 23 September 2026 19:59 UTC
Melt value is what the silver is worth, not necessarily what you can sell it for. But it's a good baseline.
Coin info
- Year
- 1931
- Composition
- 90% silver, 10% copper
- Weight
- 2.5 g
- Diameter
- 17.9 mm
- Silver content
- 0.0723 troy oz
- Face value
- $0.10
- Denomination
- Dime
- Mint mark
- D
- Minted at
- Denver (D)
- Country
- United States
- Obverse
- Liberty facing left in a winged cap, with LIBERTY around her and the date below
- Reverse
- A fasces bound with cord and topped with an axe blade, an olive branch across it, with ONE DIME below
- Edge
- Reeded
Is it worth more than melt?
Quite possibly.
ScarceMintage: 1,260,000
A blank in the value column is a grade this site has not researched, not a grade the coin is worth nothing in.
From sales and public data. Figure occasionally updated. Not an appraisal or declaration of worth or value.
The Mercury dime series
Every Mercury dime, struck from 1916 to 1945, is 90% silver and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver, so even the most common date in worn condition is worth its metal several times over.
- Struck
- 1916–1945
- Designer
- Adolph A. Weinman
- Key dates
- 1916-D, 1921-D, 1921, 1926-S
Other years
1943 Mercury Dime (No Mint Mark)
A 1943 Mercury dime with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1943-D and a 1943-S.
1943-D Mercury Dime
A 1943-D Mercury dime was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1943 with no mint mark and a 1943-S.
1943-S Mercury Dime
A 1943-S Mercury dime was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1943 with no mint mark and a 1943-D.
1944 Mercury Dime (No Mint Mark)
A 1944 Mercury dime with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1944-D and a 1944-S.
1944-D Mercury Dime
A 1944-D Mercury dime was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1944 with no mint mark and a 1944-S.
1944-S Mercury Dime
A 1944-S Mercury dime was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1944 with no mint mark and a 1944-D.
1945 Mercury Dime (No Mint Mark)
A 1945 Mercury dime with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1945-D and a 1945-S.
1945-D Mercury Dime
A 1945-D Mercury dime was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1945 with no mint mark and a 1945-S.
1945-S Mercury Dime
A 1945-S Mercury dime was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1945 with no mint mark and a 1945-D.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.