2013-D

Denver delivered 1,025,000,000 Roosevelt dimes in 2013, an 18 percent step up from the 868-million 2012-D figure as Federal Reserve coin orders pushed both principal facilities past the billion-piece threshold for the first time since 2007. Philadelphia edged ahead by sixty-one million pieces this year, the only modern stretch in which the two facilities trade the lead from one date to the next. The production ran parallel to the America the Beautiful Quarters program's fourth year and the Lincoln Shield cent at the same facility. The D mintmark held its established position above the date, the clad sandwich kept the 2.268-gram, 17.91-millimeter cupronickel-on-copper specification, and strike quality across the year ran clean on most working presses with no documented hub or die-break issues at the principal level.

Authentication on the 2013-D follows the routine clad-dime workflow. Weight on a calibrated scale should read 2.268 grams, the D mintmark must show sharp serifs above the date under 10x magnification, and Full Bands evaluation runs across the two parallel bands at the torch midpoint. Full Bands, the third-party grading designation indicating complete separation of the two central torch bands, is reasonably available on 2013-D from original Mint sets and bank-wrapped rolls because Denver's high-volume production kept dies in fresh rotation across the year. The FB premium concentrates at MS67 FB and finer where PCGS and NGC population reports thin to registry-relevant levels. The date carries no recognized RPM or doubled-die premium variety at Cherrypickers' principal listing. The standard business-strike cartwheel-luster surface is the only finish carried for this date at Denver.

The 2013-D circulates in solid quantity at every base grade and trades at standard type-coin pricing through MS66, with the billion-piece mintage carrying no meaningful collector premium relative to its actual volume. The condition-rarity tier opens at MS67 FB where the certified population thins to registry-relevant levels, and MS68 FB examples reach four-figure territory at public auction when certified by a major service. The 2013-D classifies as regular at every tier, with collector interest concentrated on FB designations. For Denver's return to billion-piece volume, see the Roosevelt Dime series history.