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Does anyone call the 20 cent piece a Double Dime?
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It seems rare to call a coin by it's number of cents denomination, e.g. 5 cent (nickel), 10 cent (dime), 25 cent (quarter), 50 cent (half dollar), 100 cent (dollar).
Is there any other name for a 20 cent piece other than "20 cent"? For example, does anyone call it a Double Dime, like a Double Eagle?
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Years ago I saw a copy of a Mint document where the column between "Dimes" and "Quarter Dollars" was headed
"Double Dimes."
Quadruple nickel?
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Some older mint documents use "double dime" rather than "twenty cents." A 3-cent silver piece is almost never refereed to as a "trime;" it is always "three cent silver."
Vigintuple cent piece?
I have heard the double dime term often at coin shows. Though I have never heard the two cent piece called a double cent....
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Some of us call them double dimes
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Congress has called the denomination double disme (~1806), double dime (1874), and twenty-cent piece (1874).
Thomas Jefferson proposed a "fifth" or "pistareen" around 1783 as a denomination as part of his proposal for a decimal coinage system. The quarter dollar eventually was adopted and became a non-decimal denomination between the disme and half-dollar.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
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Did it really last long enough in commerce to establish a name by which it was called (not to be confused with the name it was given by either the mint or enabling legislation)? I suspect something along the lines of "these damn things" or some other colorful pejorative was fairly widespread.
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"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
Why not call it a "fifth"? We use "quarter" and "half", so "fifth" seems more appropriate to me.
Quadruple Half Dime
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
And Thomas Jefferson would have agreed!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I'd like a fifth. Maker's Mark, if you please.
One of the pattern pieces sent to director Linderman on April 12, 1875 used "1/5 dollar" as the denomination. Just checked official documents and did not find the term "double dime." It was, however, seen in some newspaper articles.
I think beginning in 1874, the US Mint used the term "silver twenty-cent piece" or "twenty-cent pieces" and no longer referenced a "double dime."
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Sometimes I use the Double-Dime phrase, though I can't give a good reason.
If a 20 cent piece is a "fifth", is a three cent piece a "33 1/3"?
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It's a "light quarter bit."
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That would be a 33.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333...
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"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
No ... it would be called an LP.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I like fifth
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You may as well call Lady Liberty, Ms. Twenty Penny while you're at it.
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"You may as well call Lady Liberty, Ms. Twenty Penny... " Or -- maybe "Miss. Moneypenny?" - Although that might be a gamble.
Only if it was an RPM.
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Oh ... that was a good one!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
With a small hole in the center?