1915 Dime

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Mintage: 5,620,000 Philadelphia 960,000 San Francisco

Metal Composition: 90% Silver – 10% Copper

Weight: 2.5 grams

Potential Value: $4 – $400

Diameter: 17.9 mm

Mints: Philadelphia, San Francisco

The 1915 Barber dime is the second to the last coin minted in this series. Having gained it’s name sake “Barber” from the designer Charles E. Barber. This year saw only to US Mints produce this dime. The first was Philadelphia and the other was San Francisco. A MS-63 Barber dime will likely only cost you about $400. The closest to this coin would be the 1916 (D) Mercury dime worth $25,000. Not a bad value for one of the last coins in this set with less than a million dimes being minted.