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1937-S Mercury Dime

San Francisco Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1937-S Mercury Dime was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 9,740,000 coins — the 28th-lowest of the 77 circulation-strike issues in the mercury dime series, and 12% of the 80,746,000 mercury dimes the Mint produced across all facilities in 1937.

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 1937 mercury dime, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1937 Mercury DimePhiladelphia56,860,000
1937-S Mercury DimeSan Francisco9,740,000
1937-D Mercury DimeDenver14,146,000

The 1937-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.