Roosevelt dime

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The Roosevelt dime is a U.S. ten-cent coin featuring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, introduced in 1946 and still in circulation today.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Roosevelt dime canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States coin ⓘ
ten-cent coin ⓘ
category circulating coinage of the United States ⓘ
circulationStartYear 1946 ⓘ
composition clad copper-nickel ⓘ
outer layers of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to pure copper core ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
denomination 10 cents ⓘ
diameter 17.91 millimeters ⓘ
edge reeded ⓘ
firstYearOfMinting 1946 ⓘ
introduced 1946 ⓘ
legalTender yes ⓘ
mass 2.268 grams ⓘ
metalContentPost1965 copper-nickel clad ⓘ
metalContentPre1965 10% copper ⓘ
90% silver ⓘ
mintingAuthority United States Mint ⓘ
mintMarks D ⓘ
P ⓘ
S ⓘ
W ⓘ
monetaryUnit United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
obverseDesign Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
obverseDesigner John R. Sinnock ⓘ
obverseDesignerInitials JS ⓘ
obverseInscription IN GOD WE TRUST ⓘ
LIBERTY ⓘ
date ⓘ
mint mark ⓘ
obverseOrientation left-facing portrait ⓘ
portraitSubject Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
portraitSubjectRole 32nd President of the United States ⓘ
reasonForDesign honor Franklin D. Roosevelt after his death ⓘ
replaced Mercury dime ⓘ
reverseDesign torch with olive and oak branches ⓘ
reverseDesigner John R. Sinnock ⓘ
reverseInscription E PLURIBUS UNUM ⓘ
ONE DIME ⓘ
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ⓘ
reverseSymbolism oak branch symbolizes strength and independence ⓘ
olive branch symbolizes peace ⓘ
torch symbolizes liberty ⓘ
shape round ⓘ
silverContentPre1965 0.07234 troy ounces of silver ⓘ
status in circulation ⓘ
thickness 1.35 millimeters ⓘ
usedFor everyday transactions ⓘ
value 0.10 US dollars ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philadelphia Mint → notableProduct → Roosevelt dime ⓘ
John R. Sinnock → designed → Roosevelt dime ⓘ
Mercury dime → replacedBy → Roosevelt dime ⓘ