United States 1981-D dime
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This dime was introduced in 1946 to honor president Franklin Roosevelt who had died in office the previous year. It was issued in silver 1946-64 and converted to copper-nickel clad copper in 1965, in which alloy it is still being minted. The mint suppressed mintmarks for 1965-67. The San Francisco mint has been responsible for the production of proofs since 1968 and began manufacturing and marketing 90% silver proof dimes in 1992.
Recorded Mintage: 712,284,143, a common date.
Specification: 2.27 g, copper-nickel clad copper, 17.9 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 195a.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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