Birth of Franklin Deleno Roosevelt
and the minting of the dime
with his image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin)

Soon after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, legislation was introduced ... that called for the replacement of the Mercury dime with one bearing Roosevelt's image.[9] The dime was chosen to honor Roosevelt partly due to his efforts in the founding of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (later renamed the March of Dimes), which originally raised money for polio research and to aid victims of the disease and their families.[10] The public had been urged to send in a dime to the Foundation, and by Roosevelt's death, the Foundation was already popularly known as the "March of Dimes."

...Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock was chosen, as he had already designed a Mint presidential medal of Roosevelt.[9] Sinnock's first design,...The dime was released to the public on January 30, 1946, which would have been Roosevelt's 64th birthday. Sinnock's design placed his initials ("JS") at the base of Roosevelt's neck, on the coin's obverse. His reverse design elements of a torch, olive branch, and oak branch symbolized, respectively, liberty, peace, and victory.[citation needed]

Controversy immediately ensued, as strong anti-Communist sentiment in the United States led to the circulation of rumors that the "JS" engraved on the coin was the initials of Joseph Stalin, placed there by a Soviet agent in the mint.[9][11][12] The Mint quickly issued a statement refuting this, confirming that the initials were indeed Sinnock's.

Another controversy surrounding Sinnock's design involves his image of Roosevelt. Soon after the coin's release, it was claimed that Sinnock borrowed his design of Roosevelt from a bas relief created by African American sculptor Selma Burke, unveiled at the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington D.C. in September 1945.[13] Sinnock denied this, claiming that he simply utilized his earlier design on the Roosevelt medal.[9]

In 2003, a group of conservative Republicans in Congress proposed removing Roosevelt's image from the dime, and replacing it with that of President Ronald Reagan, although he was still alive. Legislation to this effect was introduced in November 2003 by Indiana Representative Mark Souder. Amongst the more notable opponents of the legislation was Nancy Reagan, who in December 2003 stated that, "When our country chooses to honor a great president such as Franklin Roosevelt by placing his likeness on our currency, it would be wrong to remove him." After President Reagan's death in June 2004, the proposed legislation gained additional support. Souder, however, stated that he was not going to pursue the legislation any further.[9][10

Reflection
Coins are symbolic.
Even in the gospel, Jesus uses a coin to call attention to the image on a coin.
Today, we call attention to our dime and its history and image;
let it be an opportunity for us to remember to
"Render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God. crsr