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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 ...
Dimes make dollars, they say -- but some dimes are worth more than a few dollars. ... Some 1965 Roosevelt Dimes, in excellent condition, can go for over $1,000, but most are worth 20 cents to $2. ...
The half-dollar continued to be minted in a 40% silver-clad composition between 1965 and 1970. Dimes and quarters from before 1965 and half-dollars from before 1971 are generally not in circulation due to being removed for their silver content. Some modern commemorative coins have been minted in the silver dollar denominations.
The Tunisian dinar is divided into 1,000 millimes (10 millimes is the smallest currently-minted coin). The Kuwaiti dinar, Bahraini dinar, Jordanian dinar, and Iraqi dinar are divided into 1,000 fils. The smallest coins currently minted are 5 fils (Kuwait and Bahrain), 1/4 dinar (Jordan), 25 dinars (Iraq). The Omani rial is divided into 1,000 baisa.
The surest way to send people shuffling through their loose change jars is to spread the word about a seemingly average coin selling for around half-a-million dollars. That's what happened a few ...
In the United States, this is taken to mean pre-1964 90% silver 10-cent ('dimes'), quarters and half-dollars; $1 face value of those circulated coins contains 0.715 troy ounce (22.2 grams) of fine silver. [26] All 1965-1970 and some 1976 Kennedy half dollars are minted with a 40% silver composition.
Three sisters in Ohio just sold a rare dime for $506,250 during an online auction. ... including two 1913 nickels and two 1804 silver dollars—but this is the first time for the 1975 no S proof ...
Dimes, quarters and half dollars are also struck in 90% silver for special annual collector's sets. The silver-colored Susan B. Anthony dollar was replaced with gold-colored Sacagawea dollar in 2000 and Presidential Dollars 2007-2016; though the composition changed, the coin's size and weight remain the same.