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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you know what A Trime is and did you know it was a proposed coin for America  |
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Forum Mom
 United States
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I believe the silver 3 cent coin issued from 1851-1873 is referred to as a "trime". I am unsure why this term was not continued for the nickel 3-cent issues. Perhaps this term was used for the silver coins to differentiate them from the nickel issues?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Very interesting though.
If a dime is 10 cents, why is a tri-me just 3 cents? Or rather, why should di-me not be 2 cents instead?
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Valued Member
United States
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because in spanish tri means 3 and DIez is 10 therefore DIme is 10 cents and trime is 3
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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lets see what any one else has to say and maybe we can come with some more educational trivia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From my understanding, it was not just proposed, but used. As Susan said, the silver 3-cent pieces from whatever dates is what is referred to as a "trime"
I am guessing it is called a trime to relate it to silver (Half Dime, which whenever silver was no longer used in the 5 cent, the changed the name)
Instead of saying three-tenths of a dime, they called it a trime since it was be easily relate-able to 3 cents.
I do not believe dime ever had any meaning to use "di" as a prefix. I would like to know how they did come up with the word Dime however. Anyone have any info on that?
As far as I know, none of that may be true... just my thinking behind it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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susanlynn9and jdheyne and everyone else, I actually have never herad of it used accept as a pattern in the RedBook pg 340 (2005)but see if what you say is true than I have also learned something. which is the whole purpose for us to educate each other so thank you |
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Valued Member
United States
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I would like to know how they did come up with the word Dime however. Anyone have any info on that?
dime chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10 cent coin, from dime "a tenth, tithe" (1377), from O.Fr. disme, from L. decima (pars) "tenth (part)," from decem "ten." |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The dime was also called a "short-bit" as opposed to a regular bit of 12 1/2 cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that is also a very interesting question and reply
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Forum Mom
United States
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I believe the word "disme" was originally used for the dime but was Anglicized into dime. Dismes and Half Dismes were issued in 1792. Disme means 1/10 in French. |
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Australia
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The French revolutionary coinage, metric like everything else revolutionary, was literally decimal: 10 centimes to the decime, 10 decimes to the franc. Because the franc was smaller than the dollar, the early French decimes were large copper coins, the size of a British penny.
The last French "decimes" were struck in 1814 and France switched to a purely "centesimal" system, but the Americans kept their dimes.
I for one am glad the term "trime" for the silver 3¢ didn't catch on. To me, a "trime" would be a 1/3rd of a dollar, not a 3¢.
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Justt think about the english language here a minute disme-french , Trime-spanish,and Dollar is from Thaler=?
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United States
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What coin first had E PLURIBUS UNUM on it, and what does it mean? MM  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Originally posted by scoutjim99
Justt think about the english language here a minute disme-french , Trime-spanish,and Dollar is from Thaler=?
I believe the Thaler begot the Daler (Scandinavia) which begot the dollar which is in the process of begetting wallpaper. |
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United States
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Originally posted by morganman
What coin first had E PLURIBUS UNUM on it, and what does it mean?
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It means: Out of Many, One The Latin motto "E pluribus unum" was suggested by the first Great Seal committee in 1776. It means "Out of many, one." For the final design in 1782, Charles Thomson placed this motto on a scroll carried in the beak of an American eagle. "E pluribus unum" is a clear reference to the thirteen states united into one nation - as symbolized by the shield on the eagle's breast. Thomson said "the Motto alludes to this union." E pluribus unum is also symbolized by the constellation of thirteen stars and the bundle of thirteen arrows. Beautiful words-- Pure USA stuff--  |
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