Dime (U.S. coin)

A dime is a coin issued by the United States Mint with a denomination of one-tenth of a United States dollar, or ten cents.

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Coin - United States Mint - United States dollar

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In colloquial language, the word dime usually refers only to the ten-cent coin rather than to the quantity of money; one would not normally call two separate five-cent coins taken together a "dime". The word is not merely colloquial, but also official, and appears on the coin itself. The coins in the United States and Canada are similar to each other, and are physically the smallest coins currently produced by either country.

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United States - Canada

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