Less common are machines that press designs into quarters, dimes, and nickels. She sang "This is the Beginning of the End" and "Dancing for Nickels and Dimes". Freshly minted, they were often mistaken for dimes. The opening night raised $20,000 for March of Dimes ($ in dollars . Following a two-year hiatus, mintage of half dimes resumed in 1800. These were the last silver half dimes produced. According to Mint Director Nellie Tayloe Ross, a total of 2,677,232,488 Mercury dimes were struck. American silver "Mercury" dimes, especially with a leap year date, are especially lucky. There are 123 varieties known of Capped Bust Dimes. The size of half dimes and dimes necessitated a smaller array of elements. Tickets were sold with all proceeds benefiting the March of Dimes. But one day I came home and the dimes were gone. Proceeds go to the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes changed the way it approached fund-raising. In 1955 he was arrested following a knife fight with Albert Dimes.