1942 United States Coin Value
A 1942 United States Coin is worth roughly its melt value to well into four figures depending on its condition. Certified examples in top grades can run far higher.
1942 United States Coin value by grade
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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 a 1942 United States Coin worth right now?
Pricing for the 1942 United States Coin depends on grade and current collector demand.
1942 United States Coin specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1942
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Silver
Why this coin has no mint mark
The 1942 United States Coin was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.
Where this coin's value comes from
The series itself does some of the lifting for the 1942 United States Coin: Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Broad, multigenerational demand for the design gives every date, including this one, a deep and liquid market.
Official mintage figures for the 1942 United States Coin are not well established. The museum-documented specimens behind our specifications provide the physical reference points for the issue, and the market prices it on observed scarcity.
1942 United States Coin inscriptions & design
Obverse
LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / (date) / AW (initials)
Winged Liberty, bust left
Reverse
UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA / ONE DIME / E • PLURIBUS UNUM
Fasces and olive branch
Measured 1942 United States Coin specimens
6 physically measured 1942 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.
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| 1942 United States Coin #6 | - | - | - | - |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.