United States

1 Dime "Roosevelt Silver Dime" · “Roosevelt Silver Dime”

United States · 1946–1964 · Silver

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The Roosevelt Silver Dime

Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945. By January 1946 his face was on a dime — struck for the first time, and released into pockets, on what would have been his 64th birthday. No other president got a coin that fast, and the reason was personal: the dime was already the symbol of his fight against polio.

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Designer

John R. Sinnock

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Era

Postwar America: The Silver Years

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Catalogue

Issuer: United States
Years: 1946–1964
Metal: Silver

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