It means that the coin was minted at the West Point Mint in New York. D stands for the Denver Mint, P stands for the Philadelphia Mint and “S” stands for the San Francisco Mint.
What is a 1911 D dime worth?
CoinTrackers.com has estimated the 1911 D Barber Dime value at an average of $3.00, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth $900.
Whose face is on the back of a dime?
Coin Description Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
What is on the back of dime coin?
The obverse of the current dime depicts the profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the reverse boasts an olive branch, a torch, and an oak branch, from left to right respectively.
Where is the mint mark on a 1911 dime?
The US minted the 1911 dime with no mint mark and also the 1911 D dime and the 1911 S dime. The mint mark, when present, can be found on the reverse side of the coin.
How many Barber dimes were produced in 1911?
A healthy number of 1911 Barber dimes were produced, with a total production figure of more than 30 million. What’s more, all three of the then-operating mints brought forward a healthy number of coins, with the San Francisco mint producing the fewest dimes that year, but enough to supply the nation’s coinage needs.
What was the mintage of the 1911 Indian?
The next lowest mintage is the 1914 with 240,000 minted and average mintages for $2.5 Indians is in the 400,000 to 500,000 range. So the low mintage of the 1911-D certainly was easy to notice. At the time, the 1911-D was way more expensive in all grades than any other $2.5 Indian.
What’s the mintmark on a 1911 Indian Key?
The 1911-D has been widely counterfeited, usually by adding a D mintmark to a genuine 1911. On a genuine 1911-D, the mintmark is usually very weak and there is always a partial wire rim on the obverse between 12 and 3 o’clock. This is the key date to the $2.5 Indian series and is one of the more famous key dates of the 20th century.
