2022-S Proof

San Francisco delivered 399,949 standard cupronickel-clad proof Roosevelt dimes in 2022 for the regular annual proof set, a 23 percent pullback from the 521,826 2021-S clad figure as proof-set subscriptions stepped down to a new modern low against continued post-pandemic mail-order normalization. The 2022 proof set carried the launch-year American Women Quarters five-coin set, the fourth-year American Innovation Dollar series, the Native American Dollar, the Lincoln Shield cent, the Westward Journey nickel, and the Roosevelt dime in a single package. The S mintmark sat sharp above the date, dies were hand-polished to mirror finish, and the clad planchet was struck at higher pressure on a slower press to produce the squared rims and frosted devices that distinguish proof from circulation finish.

Authentication on a 2022-S clad proof rests on the standard finish diagnostics. Mirrored fields under 10x magnification show the deep reflective surface produced by hand-polished dies, the rim profile runs at a sharp ninety-degree transition to the field rather than the rounded business-strike profile, and frosted devices appear on examples that earn Cameo and Deep Cameo designations from PCGS and NGC. Cameo and Deep Cameo, the same effect at heavier frost depth, carry the premium pricing at PR69 and PR70. Weight should read 2.268 grams on a calibrated scale; the 2.50-gram silver-proof companion is the principal composition-level distinction from the 2022-S Silver Proof.

The 2022-S clad sits in the low band of the post-2018 clad-proof Roosevelt range and trades at routine modern-proof pricing. PR69 DCAM is available at modest price levels, and PR70 DCAM forms the condition-rarity step where PCGS and NGC populations thin to registry-relevant levels. The 399,949-piece mintage represents the lowest modern Roosevelt clad-proof mintage to that point in the program's history. Most surviving examples remain in original 2022 proof-set packaging. Collector demand concentrates on the PR70 DCAM tier and on full Cameo-DCAM date sets. For the launch-year American Women Quarters proof program, see the Roosevelt Dime series history.