what are silver dimes worth now

[VonIker]

Well, dust off that old coin jar, because you might be sitting on more than just chump change. The worth of a silver dime depends entirely on which dime you're talking about, because not all dimes are created equal.

If you've got a dime minted in 1964 or earlier, congratulations, you have a tiny silver treasure. These vintage coins are made of 90% silver, containing about 0.0723 troy ounces of the good stuff. Their modern, post-1964 cousins, on the other hand, are just copper and nickel, barely worth the metal they're printed on.

So what's that 90% silver dime worth? Its value shimmies and shakes daily along with the fluctuating spot price of silver. Based on the provided data, with silver trading around $29.61 an ounce, the "melt value" of a single silver dime is approximately $2.14. That’s a heck of a lot more than ten cents! This is the baseline value for a common, circulated silver dime. Of course, if you happen to have a rare date or a coin in mint condition, it could be worth even more to a collector, but for most of these old dimes, their value is in their precious metal.

In short, that old dime won't buy you a time machine, but it’s worth about twenty times its face value. Not a bad return for something you found in your couch cushions.