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The Roosevelt dime is the current dime, or ten-cent piece, of the United States. Struck by the United States Mint continuously since 1946, it displays President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the obverse and was authorized soon after his death in 1945. Roosevelt had been stricken with polio, and was one of the moving forces of the March of Dimes.
The standard American dime has featured Franklin Roosevelt since 1946. Coins for circulation. 1946–1964 (90% silver) dime; 1965–present (copper-nickel) dime; Commemorative coins. 1997 $5 gold commemorative coin; 2014 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2014.
The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 . The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being 0.705 inches (17.91 millimeters) in ...
Based on Roosevelt’s work with the March of Dimes, he was a natural choice for the U.S. dime, according to the U.S. Mint, which issued the first Roosevelt Dime in 1946.
Build Your Riches One Roosevelt Dime at a Time Roosevelt dimes, made in the likeness of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the 32nd president of the United States, are not all made equally.
An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000. The coin, which was struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975 ...
Selma Hortense Burke (December 31, 1900 – August 29, 1995) was an American sculptor and a member of the Harlem Renaissance movement. [1] Burke is best known for a bas relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which is the model for his image on the obverse of the dime. [2]
The dime, struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, is so valuable because it is just one of two dimes missing an "S" mark for San Francisco. Ohio sisters inherit dime with an obvious ...