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But why call it a dime when its 10c?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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But why call it a dime when its 10c? And too why call a five dollar bill a fin? Why call it a bill at all? Why call a Quarter 2 bits? And then too we have saw bucks, Pennies and on and on and on. Some time ago there was a post about all the things we call our money system. So why not Dime for 10 Cents or ten Pennies.  |
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United States
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Personally I am a huge fan of the Buffalo nickel. Native American on the front and the iconic buffalo on the reverse. I just love the design. Also, the Walking Liberty half is just fantastic design work for my eyes. Lastly, a shout out to the Lincoln Cent for sentimental first collected coin reason :) |
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United States
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The draped bust large cent. A great coin, a great design. A bit expensive to collect though. :)
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But why call it a dime when its 10c? Because it actually says "ONE DIME" on it.  Unlike in Canada and unlike the "penny" and "nickel", "dime" is its actual name, not a nickname. America has not issued "ten cent pieces" since 1837. Under the currency system originally envisaged by the French revolutionaries (and adapted by the American revolutionaries), the currency would be truly decimal: 10 milliemes to a centime, 10 centimes to a decime, 10 decimes to the franc, and so forth. Most countries that have "decimal currency" actually have "centesimal currency" - divisions of 100, rather than 10. American currency as it stands now is a curious mixture of decimal and binary fractional. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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South Africa
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Oh ok thanks I understand, here in SA we call it like it is 1c 2c 5c,none of them exist anymore we have 10,20,50c and then 1 rand so on
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United States
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the greatest American coin: The LMC !! |
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Quote:the greatest American coin: The LMC !! I'm sorry, that W looks upside down.  Kidding! |
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United States
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I would take a LWC 1955P-1DO-001 ! Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:I would take a LWC 1955P-1DO-001 ! That'll be $2000 sir. I can make that Uncirculated for a thousand more if you like! Anything else? |
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Puerto Rico
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First-Saint Gaudens Double Eagle Second-Walking Liberty Half Dollar Third- Buffalo nickelEdited by junjun
08/20/2014 5:46 pm
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That'll be $2000 sir. I can make that Uncirculated for a thousand more if you like! Anything else? Oh heck yeah, his 1972 cousin !  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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And his 1917 grandfather.  |
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United States
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Classic Commemoratives! Why because they are classic designs with historical significance to events that have made this great nation. For good or bad its our history. Thats my reasons.
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