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.
Image: 1996 S dime obverse
Image: 1996 S dime reverse
Two of Sinnock's sketches for the reverse of the dime
Sinnock at work on the model for the dime
Dime (United States coin)
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.
1792 Disme copper pattern
1820 Capped Bust dime
1874 cc Seated Liberty dime, with arrows
1892 Barber Dime