Junk Silver Calculator

1951 Roosevelt Dime Value

Silver melt value, mintage by mint, and how this year compares with every other year of the Roosevelt Dime series.

Silver content

Composition 90% silver, 10% copper
Silver content, as struck 0.0723 troy oz
Silver content, worn (trading convention) 0.0715 troy oz 0.715 troy oz per $1 of face value, the figure dealers quote from
Face value $0.10
Silver years 1946 - 1964

1951 mintage by mint

Issue Mint Mintmark Struck for circulation Proofs
1951 Philadelphia No mintmark 102,880,102 coin catalogues report 103,880,102 57,500
1951-D Denver D 56,529,000 -
1951-S San Francisco S 31,630,000 -
Total 191,039,102 57,500
  • 1951: Sources disagree on this figure by exactly one million, and both figures are shown above rather than one being chosen for you. coinmintages.com and Wikipedia report 103,880,102 business strikes, and that is the figure in general circulation: price guides carry it. The Mint reports 102,937,602 Philadelphia dimes for calendar year 1951, which after the 57,500 proofs leaves 102,880,102. It reports that four times across two publications twenty years apart: Table No. 22 of the 1952 Annual Report of the Director of the Mint gives it as $10,293,760.20 of face value inside an all-mint total of 191,096,602 pieces, and Tables XIX, XI and XX of the 1793-1970 compilation give it as a per-mint count, inside the same all-mint total, and as the same face value. Calendar 1950 and 1952 both match their dated totals to the piece, so there is no other calendar year in which a million 1951-dated dimes could have been struck; one of the two figures is simply wrong. Totals and rankings on this site count the Mint figure, because where the Mint compilation covers a figure this dataset follows it.

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

  • 1951 (Philadelphia): 29th lowest of 48
  • 1951-D (Denver): 21st lowest of 48
  • 1951-S (San Francisco): 10th 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.

Calculate a batch of Roosevelt Dimes

The calculator opens on the Roosevelt Dime. Enter how many coins you have, or how much face value, to get the total silver weight and melt value at the current spot price.

Loading current price...

Loading coins...

Select a coin and enter quantity to see melt value

Questions about the 1951 Roosevelt Dime

How much silver is in a 1951 Roosevelt Dime?
A 1951 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 1951 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 1951 Roosevelt Dimes were made?
191,039,102 were struck for circulation across 3 mints. Philadelphia struck 102,880,102 with no mintmark. Denver struck 56,529,000 with a D mintmark. San Francisco struck 31,630,000 with an S mintmark. A further 57,500 proofs were struck.
Is the 1951 Roosevelt Dime a key date?
No. The one key date of the Roosevelt Dime series is 1949-S. 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.
Is a 1951 dime silver?
Yes. Every Roosevelt Dime struck from 1946 through 1964 is 90% silver.

Mintage sources