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Denomination most used as a screwdriver.
DocBenjamin
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Probably the dime...but maybe the cent.
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Mint should make a phillips head nickel. That would be useful.
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Who is Phillip and why should they put him on a nickel?
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Definately dimes, cents are too soft and bend too easy
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3 cent nickel
I always carry a Kennedy Half and Washington Quarter as "screwdrivers" to quickly open electrical type enclosures that we use where I work. The Half Dollar works around 95% of the time, occasionally I need the thinner quarter.
Good topic for a thread: "Coins Used As Tools"
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Used it on my zippos when I did smoke, fwiw
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Sometimes I think about the opening sequences in the old TV show Macgyver where he’s arc welding using a battery and 2 cents. A quarter also makes a great pipe bowl cover.
Dimes for screws and cents for fuses. At least the dimes didn't kill as often.
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My tool of choice is half dimes
I have used a nickel before on some big headed short screws that fastened some panel covers. But yes, overwhelmingly a dime.
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I have a 10 yen I use. Thin like a cent or dime, but larger in diameter like a quarter.
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Dime.
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A dime can be used to determine the choke on a 12 ga. shotgun. If a dime doesn't fit in the muzzle of the barrel, it's a full choke. If a dime does fit, it's a modified choke or larger.
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Dimes fix small carburetors when this plug falls out.
I keep quarters, nickels, dimes and cents in my shooting range boxes.
Why King Phillip of Spain of course! We used his coins before we made our own, why don't we use them again!
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My dad actually used cents as fuses in my childhood home. It's a miracle we all survived that house! I grew up to learn about this cool thing called a "circuit breaker." :-)
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Least used would have to be the Ike dollar.
A Phillips head screwdriver on the Keychain is a gamechanger, never have to fetch a screwdriver again.
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Dime.
Industrial answer: quarter
We were not allowed to take screwdrivers in the plant (potential union issues), so we used a quarter to open panel covers (most often Hoffman). We referred to a quarter as "the engineer's screwdriver."
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A dime works well for turning the dials on rifle scopes.
Mercury dimes used to come in handy if you were looking for a quick fix for a lost screwdriver.
Much like having more than one screwdriver for different applications, I've used more than one denomination for different situations. In lab, quarters come in handy for taking the backs off of the battery compartment of a timer. Nickels work too. I've used both on rifle scopes too. Dimes and Cents are better for smaller screws.
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I guess this thread is asking about using a coin in a pinch when a screwdriver is needed by not on hand. In my experience, there are actual screws designed to be opened using a nickel so my response would have been "a nickel."
If designing a screw to be opened with a coin in the absence of a proper screwdriver, a nickel is a good choice. It's relatively large and it thickness allows for a fair among of force to be applied to it without warping the coin.