dimes

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Traders bundled silver dimes, quarters and half-dollars in face-value increments and launched an arcane—not to mention bulky—asset class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

At that time in the 1960s, dimes, quarters and half dollars had roughly 0.725 ounces of silver per $1 of coin value.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Among those who were apparently educated on the taxpayers’ dimes is Secretary McMahon, a North Carolina native who holds a degree from East Carolina University, a public institution supported by the taxpayers of North Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

It’s beneficial, and also really, really inexpensive; per capita, adding fluoride to the water can cost on the order of dimes each year.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

A walking skeleton, that’s what he looked like, shirtless, his back covered with blisters the size of dimes.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez