1955 Roosevelt Dime Value

Silver content

1955 mintage by mint

• 1955: CoinWeek gives this as the lowest circulation mintage of the silver Roosevelt dime. coincollecting.com counts the 1955, 1955-D and 1955-S among the series key dates, but no second source names them, so none of the three is flagged as a key date here.
• 1955-D: coincollecting.com counts the 1955, 1955-D and 1955-S among the series key dates. No other source names them, so none of the three is flagged as a key date here.
• 1955-S: The last San Francisco dime of the series. The mint was closed at the end of 1955, and the Bureau of the Mint compilation reports its 1956-1964 silver coinage on a single blank row, footnoted that coinage operations resumed pursuant to Public Law 89-81 of 23 July 1965. coincollecting.com counts the 1955, 1955-D and 1955-S among the series key dates; no other source names them, so none of the three is flagged as a key date here.

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

• 1955 (Philadelphia): 1st lowest of 48
• 1955-D (Denver): 3rd lowest of 48
• 1955-S (San Francisco): 4th 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 1955 Roosevelt Dime

How much silver is in a 1955 Roosevelt Dime?

A 1955 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 1955 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 1955 Roosevelt Dimes were made?

44,919,181 were struck for circulation across 3 mints. Philadelphia struck 12,450,181 with no mintmark. Denver struck 13,959,000 with a D mintmark. San Francisco struck 18,510,000 with an S mintmark. A further 378,200 proofs were struck.

Is the 1955 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 1955 dime silver?

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