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The dime is small and worth saving. And if you redesigned the nickel to be even smaller still, then it could be saved too. It's really amazing how the dime is
by CydeWeys 4y ago
The dime is small and worth saving. And if you redesigned the nickel to be even smaller still, then it could be saved too.
It's really amazing how the dime is the smallest coin, when you think about it. What a basic design error.
- hakfoo 4y agoIt is a historic artifact, not a design error. From the beginning of US coinage to 1891, silver "half dimes" were issued for the 5c denomination. (There were also briefly silver 3c coins) The 5-gram base-metal nickel was introduced in the 1866 due to silver coins being hoarded amid post-wartime uncertainty, but eventually was preferred to the tiny silver coin.