Is a 1965 dime silver?

No. Circulating 1965 Roosevelt dimes are clad.

Which dime years are silver?

Circulation dimes 1964 and earlier are 90% silver, including Roosevelt, Mercury, and Barber.

What is a 1965 dime worth in melt today?

At today’s copper price of $6.5215/lb, one coin’s melt is $0.0330. Multiply by how many you have. Melt is the metal, not a collector price.

First clad circulating Roosevelt

1965 dime — not silver

A 1965 Roosevelt dime is clad. No silver. 1964 and earlier circulating dimes are 90% silver. One coin’s melt today is $0.0330 at $6.5215/lb copper.

1964 dime 90% silver Last circulating silver year 1965-on dime Clad — no silver This page

The 1965 switch hit dimes and quarters the same day. A 1965 dime is copper-nickel clad. Melt is a few cents of copper and nickel.

If it says ONE DIME and the date is 1965 or later, it is not junk silver. Silver proofs in later sets are collector strikes.

Full spec and quantity math: Roosevelt dime (clad) · Identify · US silver by year

Melt / coin$0.0330

Copper / lb$6.5215/lb

Gross weight2.270 g

If you want to sell Find a shop near you

A local coin shop can look at what you have. Melt may not be the whole story — dates and condition matter.