Since official production was zero, coins bearing this date fall into two categories:
A post-WWI recession reduced the demand for new circulating coinage. 1922-dime
Dime production was halted in 1922 due to a unique "perfect storm" of economic and legislative factors: Since official production was zero, coins bearing this
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" Since official production was zero