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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