Definition

• A silver coin of the United States, the tenth part of a Dollar. This coin, and its corresponding half, were authorized by Act of Congress, April 2, 1792. The half Dime was first coined in 1794 and discontinued in 1873. The Dime was struck in 1796 and is still coined. See Disme.

  The name is probably derived from the French, dixieme.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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