A post-WWI recession reduced the demand for new circulating coinage.

There was already a glut of coins in circulation from high production years in the late 1910s, meaning American pockets were "full of silver" and didn't require new dimes. Identifying 1922 "Dimes"

This law required the U.S. Mint to melt millions of silver dollars and replace them with new ones. In 1922, the Mint prioritized striking over 84 million Peace Dollars , leaving little machinery or staff available for smaller denominations.

The most important fact about a is that no genuine United States dimes were minted for circulation in 1922 . Because of this, any dime found with a 1922 date is either a counterfeit or a non-standard "fantasy" piece. Why weren't dimes minted in 1922?

Since official production was zero, coins bearing this date fall into two categories:

Dime production was halted in 1922 due to a unique "perfect storm" of economic and legislative factors: