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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.
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 may have been the model for his image on the obverse of the dime. [2]
And often, President Obama leaves challenge coins on the graves of fallen U.S. soldiers. If all of the above leaves you wanting a challenge coin for yourself, fear not.
Three sisters in Ohio just sold a rare dime for $506,250 during an online auction. The mother and brother of the sisters (who wish to remain anonymous) purchased the coin in 1978 for $18,200.
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 ...
Another contender for the bragging rights of oldest dime store in America, the Northville 5 and 10 opened for business in 1907 and relocated to its current address five years later. In 1931, it ...
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