2014-D Franklin D. Roosevelt, NIFC

Denver struck 3,920,000 Franklin D. Roosevelt dollars in 2014, the fourth and final design of the year and the closing presidential issue produced under the Mint's Not Intended For Circulation policy that took effect in January 2012. The release date was August 28, 2014, behind Warren G. Harding (February 6), Calvin Coolidge (April 10), and Herbert Hoover (June 19). The 3.92 million Denver figure aligns with the steady-state 2014 Denver pattern (Harding 3.78M, Coolidge 4.48M, Hoover 3.78M) and reflects the modest collector-only print runs the program settled into through the NIFC stretch. Joseph Menna designed the obverse portrait of the 32nd president, paired with Don Everhart's Statue of Liberty reverse used on every business strike and proof across the program.

Strike quality on the 2014-D Roosevelt holds up because the lower output kept dies fresh; the high points of the hair, the eyeglass frames, and the suit-lapel detail typically come up sharp, and the reverse torch flame is cleaner than on the high-mintage 2007 through 2011 issues. Watch the alloy: manganese-brass tones aggressively to honey, olive, or rose within a year or two of striking, and bright lemon-yellow surfaces on a coin a decade after issue almost always indicate cleaning. Bag and roll handling marks remain the dominant grade-limiter at MS66 and MS67, and the cheek and field marks transferred from adjacent coins inside Mint-wrapped rolls are the typical 70-versus-69 question.

The 2014-D Roosevelt sold to collectors only, packaged in 25-coin rolls, 250-coin boxes, and the annual Mint Set. The date carries an unusual numismatic resonance: Roosevelt has occupied the obverse of the U.S. dime since 1946, so the 2014 dollar gave him a second active circulating obverse, the only American to hold two at once. He was also the only president elected to four terms, and the Twenty-Second Amendment ratified in 1951 capped future presidents at two. Original Mint-wrapped rolls and certified MS67 examples remain the standard acquisition paths for collectors building a year-set or NIFC-era subset, and the date trades for modest premiums over face value in slabs. For program-wide context on the 2012 NIFC cutover, see the Presidential Dollar series history.