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1918-D Dime, MS66 Full Bands
No Finer Full Bands Pieces Certified

1918-D 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS. The Denver Post reported that 115 million coins were made in Denver during the fiscal year ending June 30, including an increased production of dimes. The July 5, 1918 article noted that the Mint would be closed for the month of July, and would restart on August 1, on an eight-hour basis. Just over a month earlier, the same newspaper reported:

"The demand of the country for small coins became acute soon after the declaration of war. The mints of the country were set to working double time. The Denver coinage plant has confined itself to the small pieces and the result is that the banks are beginning to cry enough and the treasury department finding itself stocked."

The 22,674,800 dimes coined in Denver in 1918 represents one-fourth of the 90 million coins struck there during the calendar year, and about one-third of the total face value.

The central bands of this Premium Gem Mercury dime are fully split, and all other details are equally bold, with brilliant and frosty mint luster. The obverse has a few minuscule splashes of dark toning, and the reverse is entirely untoned. Three PCGS submissions are similarly graded, with a single MS66 Full Bands example at NGC, and those four certification events represent the finest Full Bands examples of the 1918-D Mercury dime ever graded (5/14). The Mercury dime aficionado who seeks the finest obtainable quality will do well to bid on this beauty.(Registry values: N10218)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23H6, PCGS# 4919, Greysheet# 4532)

Weight: 2.49 grams

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

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