Roosevelt Dimes: 1965-2003, Volume Two

The Roosevelt dime, first minted in 1946, was issued to honor the memory of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (known to millions worldwide simply as FDR), who died in 1945. The only American president elected to serve four terms, he led the nation during some of the most trying times in America's history--the Great Depression and World War II.

President Roosevelt was a staunch supporter of the March of Dimes program to fight polio, a disease that he himself was afflicted with. When Rooseve...