1949 Roosevelt Dime Value

Silver content

1949 mintage by mint

• 1949: The American Numismatic Association's Young Numismatists newsletter counts the 1949, 1949-D and 1949-S among the key dates of the series. No other source names the Philadelphia issue, so it is not flagged as a key date here.
• 1949-D: The American Numismatic Association's Young Numismatists newsletter counts the 1949, 1949-D and 1949-S among the key dates of the series. No other source names the Denver issue, so it is not flagged as a key date here.
• 1949-S: The only issue of the series that three separately published sources name as a key date. CoinWeek's collector guide to it says "As one of the key dates of the Roosevelt Silver Dime series, the 1949-S Roosevelt Dime is second in rarity only to the Philadelphia Mint's 1955 mintage"; coincollecting.com lists it first among the series key dates; and the American Numismatic Association's Young Numismatists newsletter names it alongside the 1949 and 1949-D. The other side of the argument belongs here too: CoinWeek's own series overview says the silver Roosevelt dime has no standout key, and Gainesville Coins writes that no regular-issue business-strike Roosevelt dime is rare in the absolute sense. This is the second-lowest circulation mintage of the series.

Ranked by circulation mintage against all 48 Roosevelt Dime issues struck 1946 to 1964, lowest first:

• 1949 (Philadelphia): 9th lowest of 48
• 1949-D (Denver): 7th lowest of 48
• 1949-S (San Francisco): 2nd lowest of 48

Key dates: Sources disagree about whether this series has key dates at all, so the full picture is worth stating rather than a single answer. CoinWeek's series overview says the silver Roosevelt dime "has no standout key", and Gainesville Coins writes that no regular-issue business-strike Roosevelt dime is rare in the absolute sense. Against that, CoinWeek's own guide to the 1949-S calls it one of the key dates of the series, coincollecting.com names the 1949-S, 1955, 1955-D and 1955-S, and the American Numismatic Association names the 1949, 1949-D, 1949-S and 1950-S. The three lists overlap on the 1949-S alone, which is the only issue flagged as a key date here; every other issue any of them names carries a note saying who names it.

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Questions about the 1949 Roosevelt Dime

How much silver is in a 1949 Roosevelt Dime?

A 1949 Roosevelt Dime is 90% silver and contains 0.0723 troy ounces of pure silver as struck. Circulated coins have lost a little to wear, so the trade prices them at 0.715 troy oz per $1 of face value, or 0.0715 troy oz for this coin.

What is a 1949 Roosevelt Dime worth?

Its silver melt value is shown at the top of this page and is recalculated from the live silver spot price each time the page loads. Coins in collector grades can be worth more than melt, which depends on condition and is not covered here.

How many 1949 Roosevelt Dimes were made?

70,484,000 were struck for circulation across 3 mints. Philadelphia struck 30,940,000 with no mintmark. Denver struck 26,034,000 with a D mintmark. San Francisco struck 13,510,000 with an S mintmark.

Is the 1949 Roosevelt Dime a key date?

Yes. The 1949-S is a key date. The only issue of the series that three separately published sources name as a key date. CoinWeek's collector guide to it says "As one of the key dates of the Roosevelt Silver Dime series, the 1949-S Roosevelt Dime is second in rarity only to the Philadelphia Mint's 1955 mintage"; coincollecting.com lists it first among the series key dates; and the American Numismatic Association's Young Numismatists newsletter names it alongside the 1949 and 1949-D. The other side of the argument belongs here too: CoinWeek's own series overview says the silver Roosevelt dime has no standout key, and Gainesville Coins writes that no regular-issue business-strike Roosevelt dime is rare in the absolute sense. This is the second-lowest circulation mintage of the series.

Is a 1949 dime silver?

Yes. Every Roosevelt Dime struck from 1946 through 1964 is 90% silver.