1939 Mercury Dime Of all the coins produced by the US Mint over the years, few are more popular in the eyes of collectors than the Mercury Dime. The US Mint was founded in the latter stages of the 18 th century, and since then has been producing some of the finest coinage the world has seen. The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945. Adjusted for inflation, $1.00 in 1939 is equal to $18.61 in 2021. Annual inflation over this period was 3.63%. Value of a dollar. Calculates inflation to see what a U.
1939 Dime
With our specialty being Mercury Dimes, we are creating this reference page set for your research. If you would like use of one of our photos send us an email to ask for permission. customerservice@arsave.com
1919 DDO FS-101 Doubled Die Obverse
1939 Dime Coin Value Worth
1937 Liberty Dime Worth
1928-Small and Large S Comparision
1928-S Small or Normal S (Common)
1928-S Large S
FS-501
1929-S Double Die Obverse FS-101
Doubling seen on IN GOD WE TRUST
Doubling seen on date 1929
1931-D & 1931-S DDO Mercury Dime
1931-D Doubling seen on 1 & 9
1931-S Doubling seen on 19 & 1
1934-D/D Large Repunched Mintmark RPM
1934-D/D Large FS-501
Very Minor D/D
1935-S/S
1935-S/S FS-501
1935-S Normal
1936 Double Die Obverse
1936 DDO
1936 DDO
1936/1929-S FS-110
1936-S 1936/1929
Late Die State1936-S 1936/1929 Early Die State
1937-S DDO FS-101
1937-S DDO
FS-1011937 DDO FS-101
This is an IGC MS65FB graded dime. The best spot to look for the doubling is the tops of the numbers (especially the top of the 7).
1939 Double Die Obverse
1939 DDO FS-101
Same coin; different lighting
1939-D/D RPM
1939-D/D FS-501
1936-S/S RPM
1939-D/D WRPM-002 / CONECA RPM-003.
Note the die crack between the D and the branch. The secondary Upright of the D can be seen inside the opening in the mint mark.
1940-S/S/S/S 1940-S/S
1940-S
Quadruple S1940-S/S
1941 Double Die Obverse
Doubling easy to see on GOD & TRUST
Slight doubling on date.
1941-D DDO & DDR FS-101
Slight splitting on ends of letters
Slight splitting on number serifs and points
1941-S/S FS-501
1941-S/S FS-501
Full reverse view 1941-S/S FS-501
1941-S/S FS-502
The second S is to the right of the original 'S'
Click on image to see fine detail on this FS-502
The 1941-S/S FS-502 is harder to see than the FS-501 just above it. Look for the loop to the right of the S.
1941-S Small & Large S Comparision
1941-S Normal S
1941-S Large S
FS-511
1942-D/D
1942-D/D
1942-D/D FS-501
An interesting observation on the 1942-D/D FS-101. Some books show the first example shown as FS-501, and some books show the second coin shown as FS-501. Both samples shown are in PCGS graded and attributed holders.
1942-S/S MMS-003
This mintmark style is the trumpet tail and is easy to spot by the tail on the lower right when viewed.
1943-S/S FS-501
FS-501 PCGS XF40
FS-501 NGC VF25
1943-S Trumpet Tail S FS-511
1943-S Trumpet Tail FS-511
Closeup FS-511
1944 DDO
1945 DDO FS-101
1945 DDO FS-101
1945 DDO
1945-D DDO, 1-O-II-C (CONECA Number)
1945-D/Horizontal D
1945-S/Horizontal S1945-D/ Horizontal D
FS-5061945-S/ Horizontal S
FS-503
A recent discovery by Tony Savino. Now listed as Coneca 1945-S 10c RPM-005, S/S South.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The FS-511 was listed as a possible rpm.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1945-S/S WIMM-008/WRPM-008 Look at the lower san-serif end for the split.