Valentine-themed design featuring romantic imagery typical of early 1980s commercial silver issues. Known elements include heart motifs and Valentine’s Day inscriptions, executed in a soft relief style consistent with mass-produced themed rounds of the period. Lettering is generally uniform with rounded serif characteristics typical of World Wide Mint engraving.
Commonly features a generic or standardized design used across multiple World Wide Mint issues. Variants exist. Some examples include: Stylized “WWM” mint mark. The presence of both identifiers on confirmed specimens establishes firm attribution.
Attributed to World Wide Mint, Inc. through examples bearing both the “WWM” mint mark and the full corporate inscription on the same piece. Unmarked examples of identical design are attributed based on matching die characteristics and production style.
The 1982 Valentine's Day "Love Today Tomorrow Always" round trades nationwide as a novelty/holiday-themed silver piece, with sales spread thin and irregular rather than steady. Prices have drifted upward over time, with the most recent sale bringing a notable premium over earlier years.
| Date | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | 89.99 | Most RecentHighest Ever |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 79.99 | Title says "World Wide Mint"; photo matches standard heart/rose design, included as-is |
| Feb 7, 2022 | 49.00 | UnverifiedTitle specifies "Silver Proof Round" finish; other sales show standard/BU finish — flagged, not split out |
| Feb 8, 2019 | 29.99 | |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 22.50 | |
| Dec 1, 2018 | 24.00 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 | 24.00 | |
| Oct 31, 2017 | 19.49 | UnverifiedDesign mismatch — photo shows plain text/no heart-rose motif, unlike other sales in this dataset; needs photo confirmation before treating as same coin |
Scroll for full 8-sale history ↓
1982 Valentines Day Silver Round Overview
The 1982 Valentine’s Day Silver Round, attributed to World Wide Mint (Bloomington, MN), is a 1 oz .999 fine silver themed issue from the early 1980s commercial silver round boom. The obverse carries romantic/heart-motif imagery typical of seasonal rounds of the period; confirmed examples display both the stylized “WWM” mint mark and the full inscription “© World Wide Mint, Inc.” on the reverse.
1982 Valentines Day Silver Round Attribution
Mint is confirmed as World Wide Mint, Inc. — not merely attributed — because dual-marked examples exist bearing both the “WWM” initials and the full corporate inscription on the same piece. This is the single strongest piece of physical evidence in World Wide Mint’s entire catalog: every other WWM attribution on this site, including the full eight-design Texas 150th Anniversary Collection, ultimately traces back to the die and design linkage this coin helps establish.
Distributor is unconfirmed for this specific issue. John Grayson is documented selling WWM-produced Valentine’s Day rounds from later years (the 1985 reissue) and other WWM seasonal/regional pieces, but the earliest confirmed Grayson advertisement found is from 1983 — one year after this round’s date. Nothing currently ties Grayson specifically to the 1982 issue; the Distributor field on this page should be treated as a placeholder pending actual evidence, not a confirmed fact.
1982 Valentines Day Silver Round Numismatic Significance
This round’s importance has nothing to do with Valentine’s Day and everything to do with attribution methodology. It is the key dual-marked specimen — carrying both the “WWM” mark and the spelled-out “© World Wide Mint, Inc.” — that definitively ties the WWM initials to the corporate entity. Every subsequent WWM attribution made on this site for an unmarked or substituted-mark piece, including the 1985 Valentine’s Day round (where a Texas outline replaces the WWM mark) and the entire Texas 150th Anniversary Collection built on that same substitution pattern, rests on the die and design linkage this piece makes possible. Without this coin, the WWM attribution for the whole Texas 150th Anniversary program would have no anchor at all.
1982 Valentines Day Silver Round Notes
- Distributor field currently shows John Grayson; this is unconfirmed for the 1982 issue specifically and should be revisited — see Attribution above
- This is the evidentiary anchor for every other World Wide Mint attribution built on reverse-die or mint-mark-substitution reasoning elsewhere on this site
1982 Valentines Day Silver Round References
- World Wide Mint (Bloomington, MN), The Texas Stacker
- Texas Stacker Archives
