AboutMyCoin1942 Proof Mercury Dime (No Mint Mark)
A 1942 proof Mercury dime is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver, was sold in a 1942 collector set rather than released into circulation, and is one of 22,329 struck.
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
- 1942
- 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
- Minted at
- Philadelphia (no mark)
- 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?
Mintage: 22,329
This is a proof, not a coin that was ever in a till: it was struck on a polished blank from polished dies, sold in a collector set and almost certainly kept in one. So the mintage says less about it than it would about a circulating date — nearly every one of them survives, most of them untouched. What decides the price is the metal, the state of the packaging and whether the surfaces have been fingered or hazed.
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.