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Valued Member
Australia
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exciting news for me what I thought were 2 pages of 10 cent coins turned out to be Dimes that I am currently compiling the 1st pic is my dealer card that fooled me   the next coin is the 1st one off my new found page   I even have a 1883 hawiian dime how cool is that regards Al |
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Valued Member
 Australia
292 Posts |
question what do I have here
1 says five cents and the other says a dime
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I thought a dime was 5 cents
regards Al
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Moderator
 United States
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A dime is ten cents and a nickel is five cents. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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The term "nickel" has never appeared on the US-five cent coin. It's a nickname given by the population since it was the only coin in circulation that was made (partly) of nickel. Your "nickel" is a special wartime silver issue (.350) since nickel was needed for the war effort. Same thing happened in many countries, that nickel in coinage was replaced with some other alloy (Canadian 5 cent coin was changed to brass, or Tombac). The Dominican Republic also made .350 silver coins during WWII.
The name "Dime" was introduced as a decimal subunit, just like "Cent" when the US dollar was introduced. The French and Spanish-speaking regions had a similar system with Decime (fr), Centime (fr), Decimo (es) and Centimo (es).
Dime (Decime or Decimo) means a tenth, just like a cent (Centime or Centimo) means a hundreth. All these words originate from latin.
Today the sizes might bring confusion since both are made out of copper-nickel but the 5c coin is larger than the coin worth double as much.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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your dealer card has the incorrect information for the reverse of the Mercury dime as well. No torch or oak on the reverse. The coin's reverse depicts a fasces, symbolizing unity and strength, and an olive branch, signifying peace. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Olive and oak would be correct for the reverse of a Roosevelt dime. And I like your 1909 O dime, nice mid-grade and good color. Edited by Conder101
12/29/2015 11:28 pm
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Valued Member
Australia
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thank you all for the help in information I have printed the reference material on the Roosevelt dime and the mercury and it looks like I am now a 10 cent collector with two pages of DIMES, (note the Coll) I can hear all of the people over there grinding their teeth (oh No) what is the colloquial name for the DIMES prior to the winged mercury? regards Al |
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United States
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what is the colloquial name for the DIMES prior to the winged mercury? Liberty Seated dime, Bust Dime, Disme, is a term also used on the 1700's ten cent coins in the U,S. John1 Edited by John1
12/30/2015 05:04 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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John1 g,day thanks for that I have clicked the Seated dime link and printed the listing for them they only go to 1837 is there another nickname for any dime prior to that date ? kind Regards Al |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Draped bust dimes dimes 1796 -1807 (small eagle reverse 1796 - 1797, Heraldic eagle rev 1798 - 1807)
Capped bust dimes 1809 - 1837
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Valued Member
Australia
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g,day
thank you for the infoI have already printed out and filed it, don't think I will ever get to that era so I am going to collect dimes as a set for each era.
regards Al
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