1946 DIME
PCGS No: 5082, 85082
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 255,250,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: John R.
Sinnock
Diameter: ±17.9
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±38.6
grains (±2.50
grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) just to the left of the base of the torch on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated non-Full Band example graded by PCGS is a
single MS-68.
The finest Uncirculated
Full Band examples graded by PCGS are 10 MS-67's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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