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A dime a dozen is an American English idiom, meaning "so common as to be practically worthless". A Dime a Dozen or Dime a Dozen may also refer to: Music
Dozen: 12 A collection of twelve things or units from Old French dozaine "a dozen, a number of twelve" in various usages, from doze (12c.) [2] Baker's dozen: 13 From the notion that a baker would include an extra item in a batch of twelve so as not to be accused of shortchanging a customer Half-dozen 6 Six of something Decade: 10
Silver real coined in Seville during the reign of Peter I of Castile (1350–1369). Spanish 1799 silver 8 reales, Charles IV (reverse) The first real was introduced by King Pedro I of Castile in the mid 14th century, with 66 minted from a Castilian mark of silver (230.0465 grams) in a fineness of 134 ⁄ 144 (0.9306), and valued of 3 maravedíes.
The labor (/ l ə ˈ b ɔːr / in West Texas) is a unit of area, used to express an area of land, that is equal to 1 million square varas.A labor is equivalent to about 177.1 acres (71.67 ha).
The duodecimal system, also known as base twelve or dozenal, is a positional numeral system using twelve as its base.In duodecimal, the number twelve is denoted "10", meaning 1 twelve and 0 units; in the decimal system, this number is instead written as "12" meaning 1 ten and 2 units, and the string "10" means ten.
The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive integer groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the Moon, or months, in a cycle of the Sun, or year. Twelve is convenient because it has a maximal number of divisors among the numbers up to its double, a property only true of 1, 2, 6, 12, 60, 360, and 2520.
Three sisters in Ohio just sold a rare dime for $506,250 during an online auction. The mother and brother of the sisters (who wish to remain anonymous) purchased the coin in 1978 for $18,200.
Silver dollar of Philip V of Spain, 1739 ; Reverse VTRAQUE VNUM M[EXICO] 1739 "Both (are) one, Mexico [City Mint], 1739" Displays two hemispheres of a world map, crowned between the Pillars of Hercules adorned with the PLUS VLTR[A] motto.