1993-D

Denver delivered 766,180,000 Roosevelt dimes in 1993, exactly matching the Philadelphia output of the same year and producing one of the rare matched P-D production figures in the Roosevelt series. The matching allocation tracks the post-recession recovery in Federal Reserve coin orders as point-of-sale dime demand firmed from the 1992 trough. The D mintmark sat above the date in its established position, the clad sandwich kept the 2.268-gram, 17.91-millimeter cupronickel-on-pure-copper specification, and strike quality across the year ran clean on most working presses. Within the broader Roosevelt arc, the 1993-D sits as a recovery-year issue between the 1992 production trough and the billion-coin Denver totals that resumed in 1995.

Authentication on the 1993-D follows the standard clad-dime workflow: 2.268 grams on a calibrated scale, D mintmark sharp above the date under 10x magnification, and Full Bands evaluation across the central torch. Full Bands, the third-party grading designation that the two parallel torch bands at the midpoint show complete separation, is reasonably available on 1993-D from original Mint sets and bank-wrapped rolls because strike quality across the year held up. The FB premium concentrates at MS67 FB and finer where PCGS and NGC population reports thin enough to support registry-grade competition. No major business-strike die varieties carry Cherrypickers attribution at the principal level, and the date carries no recognized RPM or doubled-die premium varieties.

The 1993-D circulates in heavy quantity at every base grade and trades at standard type-coin pricing through MS66. The condition-rarity tier opens at MS67 FB where PCGS and NGC population reports thin to registry-relevant levels; MS68 FB examples reach four-figure territory at public auction when certified by a major service. Original Mint sets and bank-wrapped rolls remain the practical hunting ground for upgrade-grade examples, since the bulk of nearly 770 million pieces entered circulation rather than collector hands. Base-grade pricing has held flat for decades, and the 1993-D serves as a routine fill in modern Roosevelt date sets. The matched P-D pairing with the 1993-P provides a useful narrative anchor in display sets that track unusual production coincidences across the modern Roosevelt era. For Denver's production arc across the early 1990s recovery, see the Roosevelt Dime series history.