Rare and valuable dimes in circulation - including Mercury coin worth up to $1,556

RARE coins are selling for a fortune online including dimes.

Some of these coins have unique elements to them - with the most valuable ones usually those with a low mintage or an error.

Ranging from a 1865 piece to a 1916 mercury coin, you could make a mint if you have the same one.

In fact, the latter sold for more than 1,500 recently - making it the most valuable dime.

As the coins have all been circulated, it means they could appear in your spare change.

Just keep in mind that any coin is only worth how much someone else is willing to pay for them, so you're not guaranteed to make a mint.

To check out if your coins are worth anything on eBay, search the full name, select the "sold" listing and then toggle the search to "highest value.

We round up some of the rarest and most valuable dimes below, based on recently completed eBay listings.

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1916 Mercury dime – $1,556

This coin, known as the Mercury dime, was designed by Adolph A. Weinman in 1916.

It was then struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945.

The design of the coin features Liberty wearing a winged cap.

One of these coins sold for more than $1,556 on eBay earlier this summer.

1895 Barber silver dime - $518

A barber dime from 1895 recently sold for $518 on eBay.

What stands out about the coin, designed by engraver Charles E. Barber, is its Philadelphia mint location.

There are just 690,000 of these coins minted in the city, according to Professional Coin Grading Service.

“The production of Dimes at the Philadelphia Mint eased up substantially in 1895 and, for the first time since 1881, the mintage fell below one million coins,” PCGS President Ron Gruth wrote in a description of the coin. 

1865 Liberty seated dime - $459

This Liberty seated dime is extremely rare. 

According to CoinTrackers, just 500 of those dimes were issued in 1865.

The online coin database estimates that coin to be worth on average of $243. 

One recently sold for $459 on eBay.

The listing said: “Extremely rare, piece struck at the Philadelphia mint in 1865,”

“Very few of these dimes were struck and very few few survive."

1852 Liberty seated dime – $591.20

Another Liberty seated dime sold for just over $591 online. 

While the listing does not disclose the mintage location, there are a couple of possibilities including Philadelphia and New Orleans. 

For Philadelphia, there have been more than 1.5million of these coins minted, whereas just 430,000 for the New Orleans version. 

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