USA 1 Dime 1944 D & 1945 'Mercury Dime' & 1 Dime 1952 S 'Roosevelt Silver Dime'. Obverse: An allegory of Liberty wearing a winged Phrygian cap (freedom of thought) is surrounded with the word 'LIBERTY' and accompanied with the motto: IN GOD WE TRUST. The portrait in left profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 to his death in 1945, is accompanied with the motto: IN GOD WE TRUST and surrounded with the lettering LIBERTY. Engraver's initials under truncation. Reverse: A fasces mixed with an olive branch shows both that the United States is prepared for the war and its desire for peace. It is accompanied with the motto E • PLURIBUS UNUM and surrounded with the face value and the lettering UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA; with the mintmark to the right of ONE. Ahead the motto E • PLU RIB US • U NUM; an olive branch; a torch and an oak branch symbolize respectively peace, liberty and victory and are surrounded with the face value and the lettering UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Edge Reeded. Silver. KM 140; 195. Lot of 3 Coins
