1965 D Roosevelt Dime

My dad has been saving silver dimes since the early 1960's. Recently, he went through his collection and found that he has a 1965 D Silver Roosevelt dime. He's done some research online and found that these are extremely rare, but can't find much info on them. Apparantly there were only a handful made in error before the mint stop producing them. Has anyone here ever heard of these? Any idea what it may be worth? We're both really curious about this coin. Thanks.

 

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Take a look at this site. It may be what you want to know.

http://www.blifaloo.com/info/rare_coins.php

 

I've never heard of such a coin but there was a massive confusion of obverses and reverses at all three mints in '64/'65.

This coin would probably unique if real so don't get your hopes up. By the same token this would be a tough coin to make a convincing fake. I assume the reverse doesn't appear to be made of silver?

 

post a pic?

 

Many people assume the mint stopped making silver coins in 1964, but the reality is they minted 1964 coins well into 1965 and if I'm not mistaken, some denominations had 1964 coins minted into 1966. I can understand how both a silver 1965 and a copper clad 1964 could easily have occurred. It was probably even possible to have a 1966 silver coin in error, but I don't think any were ever discovered.

 

According to that article someone posted about the Silver Roosevelt, it sounded like only the P was made. No mention of the D mint having Silver. Well the thing to do is weigh it. Supposed to weigh more if Silver.

 

Dimes were struck in San Francisco and Denver in 1965 for circulation (as well as Philly). They were struck in San Francisco for SMS's as well.

There is a 1964 clad quarter known and silver dimes and quarters of 1965. There are various reverses known on the quarters of both dates. 1964 dimes were struck until February of 1966 and were the last '64 issues minted.

 

silver or clad, either way, if this coin is truely a 65 D, then it's a mule at the very minimum and I'm sure it's still priceless to deep pocketed collectors.

 

My dealer found a 65' quarter struck on a silver planchet in pocket change =) ICG graded it XF-45

 

actually, they were struck in both mints, but without the mintmarks.

And, no: IT IS NOT A MULE.
There were no mintmarks used, anything else is either:
1) a fake, poorly done;
2) stray markings that resembles a mint mark.

 

If it's real, it would be a mule meaning that a denver mint reverse die intended for a 64 coin was mated with a 1965 obverse die.

 

given that 1964 and 1965 dimes were both minted in Denver in 1965 at the same time, such a mistake is possible.

 

according to this, there is only one know, and is valued at $20,000. if it has a white edge, its silver. if the edge has a brown stripe running down the middle of the white, its clad. i don't think the error is for denver minted coins though.

 

Per your article, "this is 1 of only a few accounted for"

 

The copper stripe can be hidden on clads. I had a dealer friend of mine show me one once (someone had tried to pass it off as a 1965 on a silver planchet). Weight is a much better way to determine if it's really silver.

 

yes, it was struck on a silver planchet.
However:
1) remember the coin s can be plated, so accurate testing or weighing must be done-- son't spend your fortune before you get it.
2) he is talking about a silver planchet-- there is no mention of a mintmark on a 1965 dime.

 

I heard of the 1965 silver quarters and the 1964 clad quarters but I have never heard anything about 1965 silver dimes and a mint mark to boot. Hmmm.....

Lou

 

Where is B2000S in all of this discussion? Maybe he realized he didn't have what he thought he had. I don't know how you could see a "D" mint mark that wasn't there but it could have been a 1963 that just looked or was altered to look like a 1965. What's up B2000S?

 

another one time poster, who will probably never return.
too bad.