Did Twenty Cent pieces ever have a nickname?

ms70

Three Cent pieces are called "Trimes" and the silver ones were called "fish scales". I was wondering if Twenty Cent coins had a name.

Or any other coin denomination nicknames while were at it.

1946Hamm

Double Dime

RYK

Twimes.

pharmer

Yes, the "no, really, it says twenty cents" piece, which was clumsy and probably why they never caught on.

BAJJERFAN

Cheap Trick?

Jody526

<< <i>Three Cent pieces are called "Trimes" and the silver ones were called "fish scales". >>



I believe the silver coins were called "trimes" and "fishscales", while the later CN coins were called "nickels"



<< <i>Or any other coin denomination nicknames while were at it. >>



Cents were/are often called "coppers", while the first small cents were called "white pennies" due to their color.

Purple73

"Twents" maybe?

razorface1027

1 and 11/16ths bits?

LanLord

I beleive there is a little used term for the 3 cent nickels "trickels"



<< <i>Three Cent pieces are called "Trimes" and the silver ones were called "fish scales". I was wondering if Twenty Cent coins had a name.

Or any other coin denomination nicknames while were at it. >>

topstuf

Yes they had a contemporary nickname. Many numismatists are ignorant of this fact.
Due to their similarity to the quarter, many merchants referred to them as "%%$##*'ing pieces of #$%@!"

Prethen

They were known as a Double Dime during their time.

Three-cent silvers were only known as Trimes by Snowden (Mint Director) at the time and numismatists of today.
Three-cent nickels were known as Nickels (after the 1856-1864 Flying Eagles/Indians were called Nickels or Nicks during the Civil War).



<< <i>Three Cent pieces are called "Trimes" and the silver ones were called "fish scales". I was wondering if Twenty Cent coins had a name.

Or any other coin denomination nicknames while were at it. >>

Darkhorse

Wow, and I thought the names 'Loonie' and 'Twoonie' were weird.

astrorat

Double dime, but that is not really a "nickname" since it was Jefferson's name for the proposed "pistareen" or coin of twenty cents.

Although a dime (in the West of the 1870s) was known as a "short-bit", the twenty-cent piece never had a similar name.

Lane

callawayc7

<< <i>Yes they had a contemporary nickname. Many numismatists are ignorant of this fact.
Due to their similarity to the quarter, many merchants referred to them as "%%$##*'ing pieces of #$%@!"

>>



LOL! I can just imagine a merchant during the late 1870's calling them exactly that! That's probably not too far from the truth too. Thanks for the laugh topstuf.

michael

double dimes and love coins

and silver three centers where called trimes AND fish scales