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Dien2sever New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 10/26/2015 11:17 am can anyone tell me why the 1921 mercury is more valuable in the Red Book than almost any other dime of the same type. there is only one more that is more valuabe and its a 1916-D. Just Curious Report this Post to the Staff

Tryna Pillar of the Community United States 937 Posts	Posted 10/26/2015 12:20 pm Well, start be comparing the mintage of the 1921 with the less expensive coins. Is it quite a bit smaller? If so, much of your answer is found. I am not activly collecting these and am far from a RedBook so I cannot give you a solid answer. If the mintage is near the same as the rest of the series the fun can began! Let us know what you find. Report this Post to the Staff
Collects82 Pillar of the Community United States 1316 Posts	Posted 10/26/2015 12:34 pm Hi, it is related to the mintage quantities. Only the 1916-D had fewer produced. For 1916, it was only minted in only two of the mints and combined production was a minor 2.3 million. Very small numbers actually. The reason for the very low mintage of the 1916-D, according to wikipedia, is the need to fulfill a large order of quarters trumped dime production, so they stopped at a minuscule 264K. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 10/26/2015 1:49 pm Found a typo in the latest Red Book. On page 157 it states 11,230,000 for the mintage of the 1921 Mercury dime. Not sure of the real amount, but probably to many 11's there. Only a little more than 1 million minted. Just looked it up. The 1,230,000 is what it should have been. Edited by just carl 10/26/2015 1:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bpoc1 Rest in Peace United States 4078 Posts	Posted 10/26/2015 3:18 pm Just carl, Report this Post to the Staff
Imthealphaomega Pillar of the Community United States 3210 Posts	Posted 10/26/2015 5:05 pm Carl the RedBook has had that error for two years now for the mintage of the 1921, you'd think they would correct it. The 4 lowest mintages of mercs are in order 1916d, 1921d, 1921, and 1926s. The last 3 had mintages of a little over a million while as stated the 1916d was 264k. Mintage is a huge aspect in determining prices in most cases. Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 10/26/2015 7:02 pm The lower mintages in 1921 are due to a post WWI recession and the Mint having enough dimes on hand to meet demand. That's why there are no 1922 dimes. https://www.davidlawrence.com/books...y-date/1921/ Report this Post to the Staff
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