1965 Dime Value
Roosevelt Dime
Total production for the 'new' dimes was in excess of 1.6 billion dimes. Also, no proof coins were produced for the years 1965, 1966 and 1967. Value: Can usually be found and sold for somewhere between $0.13-$8.00 price dictated by condition, certification, and current demand. Other factors include location, inventory, and urgency of sale. With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1965, the composition of the dime changed from 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper to a clad 'sandwich' of copper between two layers of an alloy of 91.67 percent copper and 8.33 percent nickel. Therefore, in 1965 the Mint struck Clad Roosevelt Dimes for the first time. Clad dimes appear to have been struck in similar quality to that of the 1960's Silver Dimes, since examples in MS66 are readily available but still scarce. In MS67 condition and higher they are really scarce for both Silver and Clad circulation strike Dimes from the 1960's. 1965 Roosevelt Dime. CoinTrackers.com has estimated the 1965 Roosevelt Dime value at an average of 10 cents, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth. How much are pre-1965 silver dimes and quarters worth today? In terms of purchasing power, a silver dime today is worth nearly the same as it was back when it circulated as common money. In nominal terms, a silver dime today is, of course, worth a lot more than its 10 cent face value. A silver dime contains approximately 2.22 grams of silver.
Dime pays homage to Franklin Roosevelt's legacy By Paul Gilkes
COIN WORLD Staff President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's sudden death of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945, compelled Treasury officials to recommend the...READ MORE
Roosevelt Dime
Dime pays homage to Franklin Roosevelt's legacy
1965 Dime Value Chart
By Paul Gilkes1965 Dime Value Silver Coins
COIN WORLD Staff President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's sudden death of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945, compelled Treasury officials to recommend the late president's portrait to be immediately placed on a coin of regular issue without having to wait for the centennial of his birth as had been done with Abraham Lincoln for the cent. The dime was one of only three circulating coin denominations available for use for the memorial without introducing special legislation. The other two were the Lincoln cent and the Walking Liberty half dollar. The Act of Sept. 26, 1890, permitted the secretary of the Treasury to change the designs on circulating coins after 25 years without the need for congressional approval. Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock's adopted obverse shows a portrait of Roosevelt facing left, with LIBERTY along the border before his face. IN GOD WE TRUST appears below Roosevelt's chin, with the date to the lower right of the truncation. There is some possibility that Sinnock actually adapted the design from two bas relief models black sculptor Selma Burke produced for a commissioned plaque before the president's death. Sinnock's reverse design is not much different from Adolph Weinman's design for the Winged Liberty Head dime, except for the elimination of the fasces in favor of a torch and making the vegetation more recognizably an olive branch of peace. The finished coin was rushed into production in January 1946 to coincide with the 1946 March of Dimes birth defects fund-raising campaign. The intimate connection the Roosevelt dime had with the March of Dimes and the war against polio is often misjudged by collectors. Because of the need to produce dimes in sufficient quantity to be used in the infantile paralysis drive that year, the first year of issue was also the highest mintage of the dime struck in silver, with more than 344.1 million coins produced. The key to the series is the 1949-S dime, even though more than 13 million were struck at the San Francisco Mint. With silver prices rising and supplies dwindling, Treasury looked at a number of compositional alternatives to reduce costs. The Coinage Act of July 23, 1965, resulted in the composition of the dimes and quarter dollars being changed to two layers of copper-nickel bonded to a core of pure copper. The half dollar was changed to a reduced silver clad composition. All 1965 to 1967 coins were struck at the various Mint production facilities, but none bear Mint marks. The omission of the Mint marks was a continuation of the Mint's misguided belief that speculators and collectors were chiefly responsible for the coin shortages of 1963 to 1965. The Mint did not want collectors hoarding the new dimes and preventing their use in circulation. From 1946 to 1964, the Mint mark appeared on the reverse, to the lower left of the torch, just above the E in ONE. Beginning in 1968, the Mint mark was moved to the obverse, above the date. The P Mint mark for Philadelphia Mint-struck dimes did not appear on the coin until 1980. Not long after Sinnock's new dime design appeared in circulation on Jan. 30, 1946 (the anniversary of Roosevelt's birth), rumors were buzzing that the designer's initials, JS, located at the base of the trunk of the neck opposite the date, stood for Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union. The rumor indicated the initials were put there because of a pledge that Roosevelt had made to Stalin when the two leaders met along with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. The rumor had no basis in fact. The initials were to designate the design as the work of John Sinnock.Roosevelt dime | |
| Dates of authorization: | April 2, 1792; July 23, 1965 |
| Dates of issue: | 1946-present |
| Designer/Engraver: | John R. Sinnock |
| Diameter: | 17.91 mm/0.71 inch |
| Weight: | (1946-1964, 1992-present silver Proofs only): 2.50 grams/0.08 ounce (1965-present): 2.27 grams/0.07 ounce |
| Metallic content: | (1946-1964, 1992-present silver Proofs only): 90% silver, 10% copper (1965-present): 75% copper, 25% nickel clad to pure copper core |
| Weight of pure silver: | (1946-1964, 1992-present silver Proofs only): 2.25 grams/0.07 ounce |
| Edge: | Reeded |
| Mint mark: | (1946-1964): Reverse left of base of torch (1968-present): Obverse above date |