Bill Jones' Type Set
10c ROOSEVELT, SILVER 1946-64


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: DIMES - ROOSEVELT, PROOF
Item Description: 10C 1961
Grade: NGC PF 68 CA
Owner: BillJones
 
Winning Set: Bill Jones' Type Set
Date Added: 7/5/2007
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Congress passed legislation authorizing the Roosevelt dime in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who led the nation through the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt had died unexpectedly at his therapy and vacation retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia in April of 1945. The Roosevelt dime was introduced in 1946. <br /><br />Franklin Roosevelt contracted infantile paralysis in the early 1920s. After a difficult adjustment period, Roosevelt, who was paralyzed from the waist down from the illness, overcame his handicap. He was elected Governor of New York and then President of the United States. Today his regarded as one of America’s greatest presidents. <br /><br />One of President Roosevelt’s favorite charities was The March of Dimes. Given the president’s support and commitment to the organization, it was only fitting that the dime would be selected as the denomination that would be issued in his honor.

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