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Do you have a spare dime? It could be worth more than $1 million. Here's what to know

MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

While it may not be a secret that $2 bills are rare and valuable, it's not the only currency worth more than its face value. Dimes, America's smallest coin, can be worth some big bucks. Here's a closer look at some of the most valuable dimes and what you should be looking for:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/do-you-have-a-spare-dime-it-could-be-worth-more-than-1-million-here-s-what-to-know/ar-AA1vGvQU

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 24, 2025 3:09AM

    I know some one whos got a 1886 Indian head cent with the Denver mint mark on it 🎅

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,284 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @safari_dude said:

    @Barberian said:

    @mr1931S said:
    I didn't realize the 1914-D Mercury dime was worth thousands of dollars until I read this article.

    It's very elusive

    It is? I got 12 DCAM 1914-D’s on Temu and they were only $15 each slabbed and certified by TGC (Temu Grading Company)! I had never seen duplicate slab numbers but all mine are the same! WOW! 🤪

    Really? That's funny if true.

    As an aside, I've heard a lot about TEMU lately after showing some of my certified classic commemoratives to the Facebook classic commemoratives group. Every poster, even the administrators there, called every one of them fakes. Several posters claimed they were off TEMU and gave me some "attitude" until I showed them slab photos and certification pages. They were piling on until I linked to the cert. page, and then...silence. That group may be fun to troll in the future.

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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,778 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mr1931S said:
    I didn't realize the 1914-D Mercury dime was worth thousands of dollars until I read this article.

    It would probably be worth more than the 1894 S if you were to find a genuine one. ;)
    Jim


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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 24, 2025 8:23AM

    The writer of the article did fairly well with their report. The proofreader obviously isn’t aware of Coinfacts©️.


    Somebody scored this for $4.25 on eBay. I’m rich !!!

    Just think if it were a whole dime.

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,787 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    They write a cruddy article and we get to deal with eighteen-thousand folks who believe they have now won the numismatic lottery. Ugh...

    so true, seems most press, msm or whatever you want to call them are so off base on almost everything and anything, in my circles we no longer read, listen or subscribe to anything on any level.
    I miss the days of yore.

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @marcmoish said:

    @TomB said:
    They write a cruddy article and we get to deal with eighteen-thousand folks who believe they have now won the numismatic lottery. Ugh...

    so true, seems most press, msm or whatever you want to call them are so off base on almost everything and anything, in my circles we no longer read, listen or subscribe to anything on any level.
    I miss the days of yore.

    msn is the purveyor, usa today is the publisher

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The article has a note that "This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News"

    Extremely rare 1877 dime:

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    :)

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why would you even bother to post this obvious garbage here. :#

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,661 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    The writer of the article did fairly well with their report. The proofreader obviously isn’t aware of Coinfacts©️.


    Somebody scored this for $4.25 on eBay. I’m rich !!!

    Just think if it were a whole dime.

    Rich wouldn't take long, agreed

  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,143 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Someone actually got paid to write that garbage article?

  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,154 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The potential upside is that some of us who have a number of $2.00 bills might now be able to sell them for more than face. Let's see, according to web search results those $2.00 bills that I tucked away in 1976 are now worth $11.39 due to inflation etc. Selling for anything less than that means I will take a lose so hopefully there will be a well managed promotion coming out of this article that will help me ou!

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  • this is 2000 dime with error date mint if you look carefully on the date . this is very RARE one to come by

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭✭✭

    2000 dated dime above has a weak last digit due to minor filled dies’.
    This is a very common occurrence, especially for 2000/2001 dimes.

    This has no premium - there are many more missing more digits than that one.

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