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1920-S Mercury Dime

San Francisco Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1920-S Mercury Dime was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 13,820,000 coins — the 33rd-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 15% of the 92,021,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1920.

A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.

Mintage: the 1920 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1920 Mercury DimePhiladelphia59,030,000
1920-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco13,820,000
1920-D Mercury DimeDenver19,171,000

The 1920-S in its series

Sources

Mintage figures: United States Mint, Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.

The mintage is the only number that never changes. This is where it lives.