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Hi, friends. Newbie to the community, but got the bug collecting cents when I was just a lad. My query concerns the Roosevelt dime. Lincoln cents have been made over numerous times. Jeff nickels? Several times. Washington quarters? Fuhgeddabout how many times. Kennedy halves and Ikes got bicentennial reverses. Golden dollars? Again, fuhgeddabout it. Which leaves us the Roosevelt dime, which has not had a single design change in its 78 year history. Please help me understand why this is! TIA. |
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 I have no idea why RD have not had a face lift as of yet. John1  |
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I have always believed it is because it is so small, a design change might go unnoticed.  |
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Prolly because of the March of Dimes thing that I believe has to do with Roosevelt and his struggles with polio Quote:
What began in 1938 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal struggle with polio led to the creation of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as March of Dimes. https://www.marchofdimes.org/about-...0of%20Dimes. |
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Don't fix it, if it ain't broke  |
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to the CCF! |
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I agree with jbuck. Size.
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Actually I consider the switch to clad in 1965 as the same as a design change. Even so I believe this makes the 1965 to date Roosies the second longest series in US history.
Much of it is political since FDR is the only individual on a circulating coin who was alive during the lifetime of many living Americans. Politicians simply don't want to take the chance of angering anyone. The quarters were changed largely to make a profit on the difference between the cost of minting and face value and the others have fallen into line. But half dollars don't circulate so there would be little effect in a change. Dimes may just be so small they have fallen through the cracks (as it were).
There has been the W dime and various new proof issues.
I'd love to see the dime change but I think it would be neat to wait for 2028 when we could have the '68-D, '78-D, '88-D, '98-D, '08-D, '18-D, and '28-D all circulating at once. Even next year we'll have the '65 through '25-P.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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06/12/2024 4:54 pm
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Even so I believe this makes the 1965 to date Roosies the second longest series in US history. Second to what? Not the cent, it had two 50 years runs before changes. And if composition matters, the first 50 years run is noncontinuous because of the steel cents. Everything else that went clad in '65 has changed. I cannot think of anything else that has gone more than 59 years without a change. |
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Thanx for the replies, friends. With all due respect... for me, silver changing to clad is a materials change, not a design change, which was my point.
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Second to what? Not the cent, it had two 50 years runs before changes. And if composition matters, the first 50 years run is noncontinuous because of the steel cents. Everything else that went clad in '65 has changed. I cannot think of anything else that has gone more than 59 years without a change. Unless there's something else I'm missing, the first place goes to Liberty Head quarter eagles (1840-1907). Edited by january1may
06/12/2024 6:47 pm
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I've often wondered that myself, but I've assumed the very small format of the dime was a hinderance. I don't imagine we'll see any changes to the dime until the Roosevelt design is retired and something completely new is introduced.
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Second to what? IMS it was the ten dollar lib. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Unless there's something else I'm missing, the first place goes to Liberty Head quarter eagles (1840-1907). Quote:
IMS it was the ten dollar lib. Gold... Why did it have to be gold?  Yeah, I do not collect gold, so it was not even a thought to look at those tables.  Thanks for the answer.  |
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