1822 Capped Bust Dime: Collectors know dimes were minted in 1822 by the few remaining.Most were lost to circulation and those remaining are a rare part of history. 1804 Bust Dime: Few were minted and very few survive today.Histrionically significant, only 22,135 minted, becoming the first rare dime. A long running series containing many date and mintmark combinations and always welcome by coin dealers. The next series in the line of dime production is the Seated Liberty design. Here again all are rare dimes being either scarce or rare with very few of the original mintage surviving until today.Ī heavily worn example represents the condition of the majority of the dimes from these first two designs. Theses first classic colonial dimes are of great interest and value to collectors.īeginning in 1809 a new Capped Bust design was introduced and continued until 1837. The entire series of this design type is rare. While both errors are relatively equal in value in Circulated grades, in Choice condition the Philadelphia error carries a significantly higher premium than does the Denver error.Dime production began in 1796 and the early 'Bust' dimes are some of the most sought after of all U.S. On both errors doubling of the “4” in the date is reasonably discernable as well, and in the latter instance is the most discernable feature evidenced. The Philadelphia Mint overdate is the more distinct and scarcer of the errors, with the “1” closing the loop on the “2.” On the Denver Mint overdate, the “1” is barely discernible. An unknown number of dimes were struck with the production dies before the error was detected. The result was working dies with a “2” sunk over the “1” of the date. Both were produced when production dies in the preparation process were first sunk with a 1941-dated hub die and then, by accident, finished with 1942 hub dies. Q: Can you explain what is meant by a 1942/41 dime? Is it a dime struck with a dual date?Ī: Two major “overdate” Mint errors exist for 1942, one from the Philadelphia Mint and one from the Denver Mint.

The following is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers: 1942/1-D Mercury dime - obverse damage - NGC Details.

1942 silver mercury dime