What are the designs on the reverse of the Roosevelt dime?
The “Roosevelt” dime (1946 to present) was issued to honor President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was elected to four terms of office and served from 1933 until his death in 1945. Roosevelt was chief executive of the United States longer than any other president, bringing the nation out of the Great Depression and leading it to victory in World War II. Upon the death of FDR from a cerebral hemorrhage, Congress acted quickly to legislate the change of design on the coin to coincide with the March of Dimes— a campaign to raise money to fight polio. It was a fitting tribute to the President, who suffered from the disease he contracted as an adult. The reverse of the Roosevelt dime depicts a flaming torch of freedom flanked on the left by an olive branch of peace, and on the right by a sprig of oak representing strength and solidarity. Inscribed from left to right the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM (one from many) separated by the base of the torch and the two branches.
