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Roosevelt Dime

Roosevelt Dime

The Roosevelt Dime is a US dime piece that was first produced in 1946, shortly after the death of the nation's 32nd President.

The dime piece was chosen to honor President Franklin Delano Roosevelt because of all of his work with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (known today as the March of Dimes).

This charity organization originally raised money to aid the victims of polio and to further research of the disease and people were encouraged to send a dime donation, hence the new name March of Dimes.

President Roosevelt, being a victim of polio himself, had worked hard to get the Foundation up and running.

U.S. Mint Director Nellie Tayloe Ross wanted the new Roosevelt Dime ready to be released on what would have been President Roosevelt's 64th birthday, January 30, 1946 which was also the day that the 1946 March of Dimes fundraiser was to kick off.

So, instead of the normal contest among American artists for the design of the coin, Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock was chosen to design the new dime piece because he had previously designed a medal of President Roosevelt.

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Roosevelt Dime Reverse

Sinnock's choice of design elements for the reverse of the Roosevelt Dime included:

  • a torch symbolizing liberty
  • an olive branch symbolizing peace
  • an oak branch symbolizing victory

Early Roosevelt dimes were made of 90% silver and 10% copper (1946-1964). Dime pieces from 1964 forward are clad coinage consisting of copper sandwiched between two layers of an alloy that is 75% copper and 25% nickel.

Beginning in 1992, silver coins were included in yearly collectors sets produced by the US Mint. These 90 percent silver proof coins include the Roosevelt Dime, Washington Quarter and Kennedy Half Dollar.

Below you will find the following information for the Roosevelt Dime:

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Silver Roosevelt Dimes 1946-1964



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Silver Roosevelt Dime
Silver Roosevelt Dime
Type Silver Roosevelt Dime
Designer John R. Sinnock
Years Minted 1946-1964
Weight 2.50 grams
Composition 90% silver, 10% copper
(net weight: .07234 oz. pure silver)
Diameter 17.9 mm
Edge reeded
Mints Philadelphia - no mint mark
Denver - D
San Francisco - S
Mintage Philadelphia Denver- D San Francisco- S
1946 255,250,000 D - 61,043,500 S - 27,900,000
1947 121,520,000 D - 46,835,000 S - 34,840,000
1948 74,950,000 D - 52,841,000 S - 35,520,000
1949 30,940,000 D - 26,034,000 S - 13,510,000
1950 50,130,114 D - 46,803,000 S - 20,440,000
1951 103,880,102 D - 56,529,000 S - 31,630,000
1952 99,040,093 D - 122,100,000 S - 44,419,500
1953 53,490,120 D - 136,433,000 S - 39,180,000
1954 114,010,203 D - 106,397,000 S - 22,860,000
1955 12,450,181 D - 13,959,000 S - 18,510,000
1956 108,640,000 D - 108,015,100 S - 0
1957 160,160,000 D - 113,354,330 S - 0
1958 31,910,000 D - 136,564,600 S - 0
1959 85,780,000 D - 164,919,790 S - 0
1960 70,390,000 D - 200,160,400 S - 0
1961 93,730,000 D - 209,146,550 S - 0
1962 72,450,000 D - 334,948,380 S - 0
1963 123,650,000 D - 421,476,530 S - 0
1964 929,360,000 D - 1,357,517,180 S - 0



Clad Coins and Silver Proofs - 1965 to Date




Type Roosevelt Dime
Designer John R. Sinnock
Years Minted 1965 to Date
Weight 2.27 grams
Composition outer layers - 75% copper and 25% nickel
bonded to an inner core of pure copper
Diameter 17.9 mm
Edge reeded
Mints Philadelphia - no mint mark
Denver - D
San Francisco - S
West Point - W - 1996W was issued in Mint sets only with a mintage of 1,457,000
Mintage Philadelphia- P
or none
Denver- D San Francisco- S
1965 1,652,140,570 - no mint marks were used at any mint
1966 1,382,734,540 - no mint marks were used at any mint
1967 2,244,007,320 - no mint marks were used at any mint
1968 424,470,400 D - 480,748,280 S - 3,041,506 proofs
1969 145,790,000 D - 563,323,870 S - 2,394,631 proofs
1970 345,570,000 D - 854,942,100 S - 2,632,810 proofs
1971 162,690,000 D - 377,914,240 S - 3,220,733 proofs
1972 431,540,000 D - 330,290,000 S - 3,260,996 proofs
1973 315,670,000 D - 455,032,426 S - 2,760,339 proofs
1974 470,248,000 D - 571,083,000 S - 2,612,568 proofs
1975 585,673,900 D - 313,705,300 S - 2,845,450 proofs
1976 568,760,000 D - 695,222,774 S - 4,149,730 proofs
1977 796,930,000 D - 376,607,228 S - 3,251,152 proofs
1978 663,980,000 D - 282,847,540 S - 3,127,781 proofs
1979 315,440,000 D - 390,921,184 S - 3,677,175 proofs
1980 P- 735,170,000 D - 719,354,321 S - 3,554,806 proofs
1981 P- 676,650,000 D - 712,284,143 S - 4,063,083 proofs
1982 P- 519,475,000 D - 542,713,584 S - 3,857,479 proofs
1983 P- 647,025,000 D - 730,127,224 S - 3,279,126 proofs
1984 P- 856,669,000 D - 704,803,976 S - 3,065,110 proofs
1985 P- 705,200,962 D - 587,979,970 S - 3,362,821 proofs
1986 P- 682,649,693 D - 473,326,970 S - 3,010,497 proofs
1987 P- 762,709,481 D - 653,203,402 S - 4,227,729 proofs
1988 P- 1,030,550,000 D - 962,385,489 S - 3,262,948 proofs
1989 P- 1,298,400,000 D - 896,535,597 S - 3,220,194 proofs
1990 P- 1,034,340,000 D - 839,995,824 S - 3,299,559 proofs
1991 P- 927,220,000 D - 601,241,114 S - 2,867,787 proofs
1992 P- 593,500,000 D - 616,273,932 S - 2,858,981 proofs
1,317,579 silver proofs
1993 P- 766,180,000 D - 750,110,166 S - 2,633,439 proofs
761,353 silver proofs
1994 P- 1,189,000,000 D - 1,303,268,110 S - 2,484,594 proofs
785,329 silver proofs
1995 P- 1,125,500,000 D - 1,274,890,000 S - 2,117,496 proofs
679,985 silver proofs
1996 P- 1,421,163,000 D - 1,400,300,000 S - 1,750,244 proofs
775,021 silver proofs
1997 P- 991,640,000 D - 979,810,000 S - 2,055,000 proofs
741,678 silver proofs
1998 P- 1,163,000,000 D - 1,172,250,000 S - 2,086,507 proofs
878,792 silver proofs
1999 P- 2,164,000,000 D - 1,397,750,000 S - 2,543,401 proofs
804,565 silver proofs
2000 P- 1,842,500,000 D - 1,818,700,000 S - 3,082,572 proofs
965,421 silver proofs
2001 P- 1,369,590,000 D - 1,412,800,000 S - 2,294,909 proofs
889,697 silver proofs
2002 P- 1,187,500,000 D - 1,379,500,000 S - 2,319,766 proofs
892,229 silver proofs
2003 P- 1,086,500,000 D - 986,500,000 S - 2,172,684 proofs
1,125,755 silver proofs
2004 P- 1,328,000,000 D - 1,159,500,000 S - 1,789,488 proofs
1,175,934 silver proofs
2005 P- 1,412,000,000 D - 1,423,500,000 S - 2,275,000 proofs
1,069,679 silver proofs
2006 P- 1,381,000,000 D - 1,447,000,000 S - 2,000,428 proofs
1,054,008 silver proofs
2007 P- 995,000,000 D - 1,012,000,000 S - 1,384,797 proofs
875,050 silver proofs
2008 P- 391,000,000 D - 624,500,000 S - 1,405,674 proofs
763,887 silver proofs
2009 P- 96,500,000 D - 49,500,000 S - 1,477,967 proofs
694,406 silver proofs
2010 P- 557,000,000 D - 562,000,000 S - 0 proofs




Roosevelt Dime - Rare Coins and Errors to Watch For

  • Keydates - 1949-S
  • Semi-key dates - 1949, 1950-S, 1951-S, 1952-S
  • Doubled-Die Obverse - 1960
  • Doubled-Die Reverse - 1963, 1964-D
  • Proof Coins that were made without the 'S' mintmark - 1968, 1970, 1975, 1983
  • 1982 no mintmark error dime - minted in Philadelphia but without 'P' mintmark, less than 15,000 are believed to exist



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