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Donald Anderson was the very first "poster child" to raise money for the March of Dimes. He was from Oregon and had been diagnosed with polio in 1943. Photos were taken of Donald in an almost paralyzed state. Another photo was taken seven months later to show how he had improved after receiving treatment funded by the foundation.
The early dimes were 90% silver and 10% copper, but rising silver prices caused the Mint to change the mix to 75% copper and 25% nickel in the 1960s. The vast majority of Roosevelt Dimes are worth ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, after leading the United States through much of the Great Depression and World War II.Roosevelt had suffered from polio since 1921 and had helped found and strongly supported the March of Dimes to fight that crippling disease, so the ten-cent piece was an obvious way of honoring a president popular for his war leadership.
From 1796 to 1837, dimes were composed of 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper, [3] the value of which required the coins to be physically very small to prevent their commodity value from being worth more than face value. [4] Thus dimes are made small and thin.
As Gainesville Coins detailed, there are U.S. dimes that have sold for more than seven figures in the past. Find Out:... 10 Most Valuable American Dimes in Circulation
Between 1951 and 1955, contributions to March of Dimes doubled to $250 million, which the organization's fundraising department attributed to the nationwide introduction of the Mothers' March on Polio calling the campaign, "the single greatest activity in the entire March of Dimes." [2] The Mothers' March on Polio mobilized millions, increased ...
Only two of the 1975 “No S” Roosevelt dimes coins have knowingly been discovered — and that’s out of more than 2.8 million Proof sets the U.S. Mint produced in 1975. But this is where ...
The March of Dimes silver dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Mint in 2015. [1] The coin commemorates the 75th anniversary of March of Dimes , a nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies.