Roosevelt Dime, Coin Type from United States - detailed information

Within a plain rim, the obverse of the coin shows the portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the Unite States, facing left.

The designer's initials JS (for John Sinnock) are below the neck truncation of the portrait. To the right of that and much larger, the date of issue: [year].

Around left in large letters, the inscription LIBERTY.

On two lines below left, the national motto IN GOD WE TRUST.

Within a plain rim, the reverse of the coin shows a torch in the centre, representing liberty, flanked by an olive sprig representing peace, and one of oak symbolising strength and independence; the design as a whole is symbolic of the victorious end of World War II.

Around above, in large letters the inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; separated from this by two dots, around below are the value and denomination: · ONE DIME ·.

Interrupted by the torch and two branches, horizontally in the lower half of the design is the motto E · PLURIBUS · UNUM ("Out of many, one" - signifying unity in diversity).

The mint mark was transferred to the obverse, as compared to the silver coins with the same design which had it on the reverse. The Philadelphia Mint had no mint mark initially, then started using a P mint mark in 1980.