But wars, price fluctuation, and economic hardship made people hoard these precious metals at various times in history.

In the early days, all American coins were gold or silver. But the 1944 Dime was unaffected since it was a 90% silver coin, so let’s explore the 1944 Dime Value. And during the War Years (1942 to 1945), many of these coins developed a limited war-time metal composition to conserve resources for the military. 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.Collectible US coins include the penny (1c), nickel (5c), dime (10c), quarter (25c), half dollar (50c), and $1. On both errors doubling of the “4” in the date is reasonably discernable as well, and in the latter instance is the most discernible 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 Q&A is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers:

1942 mercury dime mis struck