- coin cost 5.65
cents to produce. The word dime
comes from the Old
French disme (now dîme),
meaning "tithe" or "tenth part", from the
Latin decima [pars]...
- The 1792 half
disme (pronounced "deem") is an
American silver coin with a face
value of five
cents which was
minted in 1792.
Although it is
subject to...
- The half dime, or half
disme, was a
silver coin,
valued at five cents,
formerly minted in the
United States. Some
numismatists consider the denomination...
-
notation to the use of
decimals to
represent fractions. A
French version, La
Disme, was
issued the same year by Stevin.
Stevin introduced the
decimal separator...
- dollar, or a cent), Half Dime (also
known as a half
disme) (five cents), Dime (also
known as a
disme) (10 cents),
Quarter (25 cents), Half
Dollar (50 cents)...
- base-unit of
denomination in gold although,
unlike "cent", "dime" (or "
disme"), and "dollar", gold
coins never specified their denomination in units...
-
shall be
expressed in
dollars or units,
dismes or tenths,
cents or hundredths, and
milles or thousandths, a
disme being the
tenth part of a dollar, a cent...
-
States dollar Canceled denominations of
United States currency Coins Half
disme (1792) Half cent (1793–1857)
Large cent (1793–1857) Two-cent
piece (1864–1873)...
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coins for
which no mint
state specimens exist, such as the 1792
silver disme, and the 1802
Draped Bust (Heraldic
Eagle reverse)
silver half dime. Coin...
- Source:
Silver center cent (1792)
Chain cent (1793)
Wreath cent (1793) Half
disme (1792) Half dime (1794–95) Half
dollar (1794–95)
Dollar (1794–95) Draped...