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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.
NGC was founded in 1987 in Parsippany, N.J. by John Albanese, who also founded Professional Coin Grading Service. A majority stake was later purchased by coin dealer Mark Salzberg. Along with CEO Steven Eichenbaum, Salzberg owns the CDN Greysheet, a price guide for coins similar to the Kelley Blue Book. [2]
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 ...
Since its inception in 1986, the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has certified only 18 1968 No S Proof Dimes. Heritage Auctions sold one specimen for over $40K in 2008 . 3. 1970-S ...
1950s Circulated Silver Dimes, Quarters and Half Dollars — Worth over $10 for half dollars, over $5 for quarters and over $2 for dimes, based on the silver content
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is an American third-party coin grading, authentication, attribution, and encapsulation service founded in 1985. The intent of its seven founding dealers, including the firm's former president David Hall, was to standardize grading.
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.
[citation needed] He was the first full-time coin grader at Professional Coin Grading Service. In the course of his career, Standish graded between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 coins, including a number of significant rarities, such as the 1913 Liberty nickels and all of the 1804 dollars.