Set report · United States · Dimes
Mercury Dime: Who Owns What
How often each Mercury Dime coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 3,108 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Mercury Dime catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 22,180,080 | 867 | 27.9% | Uncommon |
| 1916-D | 264,000 | 252 | 8.1% | Very scarce |
| 1916-S | 10,450,000 | 577 | 18.6% | Scarce |
| 1917 | 55,230,000 | 820 | 26.4% | Uncommon |
| 1917-D | 9,402,000 | 484 | 15.6% | Scarce |
| 1917-S | 27,330,000 | 633 | 20.4% | Scarce |
| 1918 | 26,680,000 | 714 | 23% | Scarce |
| 1918-D | 22,674,800 | 575 | 18.5% | Scarce |
| 1918-S | 19,300,000 | 560 | 18% | Scarce |
| 1919 | 35,740,000 | 760 | 24.5% | Uncommon |
| 1919-D | 9,939,000 | 471 | 15.2% | Scarce |
| 1919-S | 8,850,000 | 482 | 15.5% | Scarce |
| 1920 | 59,030,000 | 753 | 24.2% | Uncommon |
| 1920-D | 19,171,000 | 575 | 18.5% | Scarce |
| 1920-S | 13,820,000 | 512 | 16.5% | Scarce |
| 1921 | 1,230,000 | 358 | 11.5% | Very scarce |
| 1921-D | 1,080,000 | 306 | 9.8% | Very scarce |
| 1923 | 50,130,000 | 870 | 28% | Uncommon |
| 1923-S | 6,440,000 | 464 | 14.9% | Scarce |
| 1924 | 24,010,000 | 724 | 23.3% | Scarce |
| 1924-D | 6,810,000 | 471 | 15.2% | Scarce |
| 1924-S | 7,120,000 | 486 | 15.6% | Scarce |
| 1925 | 25,610,000 | 748 | 24.1% | Uncommon |
| 1925-D | 5,117,000 | 409 | 13.2% | Scarce |
| 1925-S | 5,850,000 | 458 | 14.7% | Scarce |
| 1926 | 32,160,000 | 783 | 25.2% | Uncommon |
| 1926-D | 6,828,000 | 493 | 15.9% | Scarce |
| 1926-S | 1,520,000 | 383 | 12.3% | Scarce |
| 1927 | 28,080,000 | 772 | 24.8% | Uncommon |
| 1927-D | 4,812,000 | 436 | 14% | Scarce |
| 1927-S | 4,770,000 | 476 | 15.3% | Scarce |
| 1928 | 19,480,000 | 735 | 23.6% | Scarce |
| 1928-D | 4,161,000 | 447 | 14.4% | Scarce |
| 1928-S | 7,400,000 | 540 | 17.4% | Scarce |
| 1929 | 25,970,000 | 757 | 24.4% | Uncommon |
| 1929-D | 5,034,000 | 468 | 15.1% | Scarce |
| 1929-S | 4,730,000 | 497 | 16% | Scarce |
| 1930 | 6,770,000 | 540 | 17.4% | Scarce |
| 1930-S | 1,843,000 | 418 | 13.4% | Scarce |
| 1931 | 3,150,000 | 456 | 14.7% | Scarce |
| 1931-D | 1,260,000 | 371 | 11.9% | Very scarce |
| 1931-S | 1,800,000 | 419 | 13.5% | Scarce |
| 1934 | 24,080,000 | 738 | 23.7% | Scarce |
| 1934-D | 6,772,000 | 528 | 17% | Scarce |
| 1935 | 58,830,000 | 947 | 30.5% | Uncommon |
| 1935-D | 10,477,000 | 583 | 18.8% | Scarce |
| 1935-S | 15,840,000 | 655 | 21.1% | Scarce |
| 1936 | 87,500,000 | 1,070 | 34.4% | Uncommon |
| 1936 (Proof) | 4,130 | 23 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1936-D | 16,132,000 | 674 | 21.7% | Scarce |
| 1936-S | 9,210,000 | 579 | 18.6% | Scarce |
| 1937 | 56,860,000 | 967 | 31.1% | Uncommon |
| 1937 (Proof) | 5,756 | 21 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1937-D | 14,146,000 | 650 | 20.9% | Scarce |
| 1937-S | 9,740,000 | 577 | 18.6% | Scarce |
| 1938 | 22,190,000 | 752 | 24.2% | Uncommon |
| 1938 (Proof) | 8,728 | 18 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1938-D | 5,537,000 | 549 | 17.7% | Scarce |
| 1938-S | 8,090,000 | 562 | 18.1% | Scarce |
| 1939 | 67,740,000 | 993 | 31.9% | Uncommon |
| 1939 (Proof) | 9,321 | 19 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1939-D | 24,394,000 | 755 | 24.3% | Uncommon |
| 1939-S | 10,540,000 | 597 | 19.2% | Scarce |
| 1940 | 65,350,000 | 998 | 32.1% | Uncommon |
| 1940 (Proof) | 11,827 | 19 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1940-D | 21,198,000 | 737 | 23.7% | Scarce |
| 1940-S | 21,560,000 | 728 | 23.4% | Scarce |
| 1941 | 175,090,000 | 1,372 | 44.1% | Common |
| 1941 (Proof) | 16,557 | 30 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1941-D | 45,634,000 | 886 | 28.5% | Uncommon |
| 1941-S | 43,090,000 | 861 | 27.7% | Uncommon |
| 1942 | 205,410,000 | 1,388 | 44.7% | Common |
| 1942 42 Over 41 (Error) | — | 33 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1942 (Proof) | 22,329 | 30 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1942-D | 60,740,000 | 937 | 30.1% | Uncommon |
| 1942-D 42 Over 41 (Error) | — | 22 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1942-S | 49,300,000 | 872 | 28.1% | Uncommon |
| 1943 | 191,710,000 | 1,414 | 45.5% | Common |
| 1943-D | 71,949,000 | 976 | 31.4% | Uncommon |
| 1943-S | 60,400,000 | 924 | 29.7% | Uncommon |
| 1944 | 231,410,000 | 1,475 | 47.5% | Common |
| 1944-D | 62,224,000 | 971 | 31.2% | Uncommon |
| 1944-S | 49,490,000 | 879 | 28.3% | Uncommon |
| 1945 | 159,130,000 | 1,301 | 41.9% | Common |
| 1945-D | 40,245,000 | 857 | 27.6% | Uncommon |
| 1945-S | 41,920,000 | 871 | 28% | Uncommon |
| 1945-S Micro S (Variety) | — | 106 | 3.4% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.