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0.8 g 0.750 fine 1851–1853 14 mm 0.75 g 0.900 fine 1854–1873 Half Dime 15.5 mm 1.24 g 1794–1873 Dollar 15 mm 1.67 gr 1849–1889 $5 American Gold Eagle 16.5 mm 3.11 g 1986–present $10 American Platinum Eagle 16.5 mm 3.11 g 1997–present Three Cent 17.9 mm 1.94 g 1865-1889 Dime (Clad) 17.91 mm 2.268 g 1965–present Dime 17.9 mm 2.5 g ...
The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 . The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being 0.705 inches (17.91 millimeters) in ...
Variations in coins are caused by creating hubs and dies that are not exactly the same resulting in dates that can be compared as large to small, wide to thin etc. These die variations resulted in the 1960 large- and small-dated Lincoln cent , and the 1982 large- and small-dated series both in copper and copper-zinc cents minted.
The reverse of the dime depicts a wreath of corn, wheat, maple and oak leaves surrounding the words "One Dime". [30] Barber's monogram "B" is on the cutoff of Liberty's neck; the mint mark, on the dime, is placed beneath the wreath on the reverse [33] and beneath the eagle on the larger denominations. [34]
In Canada, a dime is a coin worth ten cents. It has been the physically smallest Canadian coin since 1922; it is smaller even than the country's penny , despite its higher face value. According to the Royal Canadian Mint , the official national term of the coin is the 10-cent piece , but in practice, the term dime predominates in English ...
The half dime, or half disme, was a silver coin, valued at five cents, formerly minted in the United States. Some numismatists consider the denomination to be the first business strike coin minted by the United States Mint under the Coinage Act of 1792 , with production beginning on or about July 1792.
$ 1 ⁄ 8 or 1 silver real was 1 "bit". [1] [2] With the adoption of the decimal U.S. currency in 1794, there was no longer a U.S. coin worth $ 1 ⁄ 8, but "two bits" remained in the language with the meaning of $ 1 ⁄ 4. Because there was no 1-bit coin, a dime (10¢) was sometimes called a short bit and 15¢ a long bit.
The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the half for short or 50-cent piece, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or one half of a dollar.In both size and weight, it is the largest circulating coin currently minted in the United States, [1] being 1.205 inches (30.61 millimeters) in diameter and 0.085 in (2.16 mm) in thickness, and is twice the weight of the quarter.