1863 United States Coin Value

The 1863 United States Coin carries a current retail range of about its melt value to well into four figures across circulated and Mint State grades. See the grade table below for exactly where your coin falls.

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1863 United States Coin value by grade

1863 United States Coin value by grade
GradeEstimated value

Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.

What is the 1863 United States Coin selling for today?

Pricing for the 1863 United States Coin depends on grade and current collector demand.

1863 United States Coin specifications

Series
United States Coinage
Year
1863
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Silver

No mint mark? Here is why

No mint mark is the mark here: the 1863 United States Coin comes from the main Philadelphia Mint, which left its coins unlettered in this era. The position where branch mints placed their letter (varies by series) is simply blank.

What makes the 1863 United States Coin valuable

Context adds the final layer to the 1863 United States Coin. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.

For the 1863 United States Coin, surviving examples tell the story that mint records do not. Museum-documented specimens define the issue for collectors.

1863 United States Coin inscriptions & design

Obverse

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY (on shield) / (date)

Liberty seated, with shield and liberty cap on pole

Reverse

ONE / DIME

Cereal wreath

Measured 1863 United States Coin specimens

3 physically measured 1863 United States Coin examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1863 United States Coin specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1863 United States Coin #1----
1863 United States Coin #2---Valentine.1863.1
1863 United States Coin #3---Valentine.1863.x

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.