Little-known facts about the Roosevelt dime


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The Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, John Sinnock, was asked to do a rush-job design of a new dime to honor Franklin D. Roosevelt after the president died unexpectedly 1n 1945.

Sinnock said he based his coin on a Roosevelt medal he had designed four years earlier.

But others believe he used the design of an African-American sculptress named Selma Burke, who had been commissioned to design a Roosevelt plaque in 1944.

The design on the left is Sinnock's original, and the one on the right is Burke's. What do you think?

And why in the world would a rumor start that the "JS" below Roosevelt's neck stood for someone much more sinister than John Sinnock?

The answers are in episode #133 of In the Treasure Corner, at http://thetreasurecorner.com.

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  • 3 weeks later...

does anyone have trouble getting Dan's show to load I have not been able to load it for about 6 months

thanks Renegade Bob

Bob, can you describe what's happening when you try to listen to the show? You should get it when you click on the POD icon:

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Or you can click the dark mp3 title at the bottom of the show:

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If the show doesn't play when you click one of those, try right-clicking on one of them, then Save File As or Save Link As, and you can save the show to your computer and then play it from there. Let me know if any of that works for you!

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