1940 10C, FB MS(PCGS#5023)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1503

Grade

MS68FB

Price

3,360

Lot Description

Strikingly toned in vivid copper-russet, sunset-orange, powder blue, steel-rose and antique gold. The colors are smoothest and most varied along the right reverse border. The 1940 Mercury dime was produced when mintage figures soared to dramatic heights to keep up with the energized pre-World War II economy. 65.3 million dimes were struck in Philadelphia, though that number would explode to 175 million in 1941. While common in all but the very highest grades, the 1940 becomes increasingly scarce at and above the Superb Gem level. With such vivid and attractive toning the offered example is worthy of a particularly strong premium.