Roosevelt dime
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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 an
1996 S dime obverse
1996 S dime reverse
Two of Sinnock's sketches for the reverse of the dime
Sinnock at work on the model for the dime
Franklin half dollar
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The Franklin half dollar is a coin that was struck by the United States Mint from 1948 to 1963. The fifty-cent piece pictures Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on t
The Sesquicentennial half dollar. Its reverse was used as the basis for the Franklin half dollar's reverse.
John R. Sinnock's medal of Franklin served as the basis of his obverse for the half dollar.
Close-up of the "Bugs Bunny" variety of the Franklin half dollar
The release of the Franklin half dollar was front-page news in the coin collecting world, as seen by the June 1948 The Numismatist.