Welcome to Learning English, a daily 30 minute program from the Voice of America.

I'm Ashley Thompson.

And I'm Mario Ritter Jr.

This program is designed for English learners,

so we speak a little slower

and we use words and phrases especially written for people learning

English.

On today's program, Ashley tells the story of a valuable U.S. coin.

Brian Lynn reports on inflationary pressures on Japan's beloved

Raman noodles.

Ashley and John Russell give advice on finding lost iPhones.

And finally, the lesson of the day.

But first, a rare dime bought by an Ohio farm family in the

family was recently sold for just over five hundred thousand dollars.

In 1975, the United States Mint in San Francisco, produced the coin, which has a face value of

one tenth of one U.S. dollar.

A mint is where a government produces forms of money.

The coin shows the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt.

It is one of just two dimes of its kind known to exist without a special S mark.

Three sisters from Ohio received the dime after the death of their brother, who had kept it in a bank for more than 40 years.

The coin sold for five hundred six thousand two hundred fifty dollars. for $506,250 in an online sale, said Ian Russell, President of Great Collections, an auction house based in California. No S proof dime, proof dime, sold at a 2019 auction for $456,000.

It was then sold again months later to a private collector.

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