United States 1964 dime

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. None of the silver issues are rare tho the 1949-S and 1950-S are slightly scarce. The 1964 is very common tho many thousands have been melted. Only the 1964-D among silver dimes has a higher mintage. To achieve this prodigious total (2,333 metric tons of metal), Congress authorized the mint to struck dimes with the 1964 date in 1965 and into 1966.

Recorded Mintage: 933,310,762, including proofs.

Specification: 2.5 g, .900 fine silver, .072 troy oz ASW, 17.9 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by John R. Sinnock.

Catalog reference: KM 195.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1963 dime
• Coins and currency dated 1964
• return to United States Roosevelt Dimes (1946-Date)