The Mercury dime had 2.5 grams of mass, of which 90% was silver.
So, on the Earth, it would take 202 of them ($20.20 face value) to yield 1 pound of silver.
At the time of this writing (July 21, 2013), the most recent NY closing spot bid for
silver was $19.375 an ounce, so I'd imagine that anyone who had any mercury
dimes laying around either melted them or sold them a long time ago.
they made 2 million 1916 d dimes oh and that dime is called a mercury dime ONLY 264,000 1916-D Mercury Dimes were struck.
One pound of silver = 14.583 troy ounces
Presuming that you are referring to US dimes issued between 1875 and 1964 (dimes older than 1875 had different weights and/or fineness), dimes weigh 2.50 grams and are 90% silver (the remaining 10% is copper). This means that the ASW (Actual Silver Weight) is 0.07234 troy ounces. Thus, it would require 14 dimes (this number is rounded up; the precise number is 13.8236 dimes) to have one troy ounce of silver.
ten dimes make 1.00 so you need 10,000 dimes
Current Canadian dimes are made of steel. Before that they were made of nickel, and up till 1967/68 they were made of various alloys of silver and copper. Current US dimes are made of a metal "sandwich" consisting of outer layers of 75% nickel and 25% copper bonded to a core of pure copper. Up till 1964 US dimes were made of 90% silver and 10% copper.
A mercury dime contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver. You would need 13.83 mercury dimes to get 1 troy ounce of Silver.
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146 Dimes weigh 2.268 grams and it takes 200 dimes to make a pound using the current Roosevelt dimes
100 silver U.S. dimes make up 7.23 troy ounces of silver.
they made 2 million 1916 d dimes oh and that dime is called a mercury dime ONLY 264,000 1916-D Mercury Dimes were struck.
Because the first Mercury dimes were first minted in 1916! Before that the dimes were called Liberty Head dimes, and before those there were Liberty Seated dimes.
Yes. All 3 mints struck dimes in 1952
Dimes are made of about 90 percent copper and 10 percent nickel. In the 19th century, dimes were made of mostly silver.
One pound of silver = 14.583 troy ounces
Each Kennedy half that was minted in '64 or earlier had .36 troy oz of silver meaning a little less than three would equal an ounce of silver which is running for 29.30 an ounce last i checked. <><><><> Half dollars made 1965-1970 contained only 40% silver, instead of the 90% of earlier coins, so it would take more coins. Half dollars made after 1970 contain no silver.
You can't. Dimes are made of copper and silver, neither of which can be magnetized.
Presuming that you are referring to US dimes issued between 1875 and 1964 (dimes older than 1875 had different weights and/or fineness), dimes weigh 2.50 grams and are 90% silver (the remaining 10% is copper). This means that the ASW (Actual Silver Weight) is 0.07234 troy ounces. Thus, it would require 14 dimes (this number is rounded up; the precise number is 13.8236 dimes) to have one troy ounce of silver.