Why are dimes so small?
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From the U.S. Treasury:\n\nToday, the sizes of United States coins can help you to tell them apart quickly, but have nothing to do with their values. Metal prices constantly fluctuate, so the values of circulating coins aren’t tied to metallic content. But back in 1793, when the first U.S. coins were produced, the United States Mint linked the sizes of coins to a particular metal standard—the silver dollar. Except for the copper penny, all coins were produced in proportionate metallic content to the dollar, and their sizes were regulated accordingly. \n\nThe fifty-cent coin contained one-half as much silver as the dollar, the quarter had one-fourth as much, and the dime or ten-cent coin had one-tenth as much.
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A little short, don't you think?
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Because finding and needing are two sides of the same coin.  Flipping a coin rarely results in the coin landing on edge.
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five cents is a nickel and ten cents is a dime. If youre wondering twenty five cents is a quarters and one cent is a penny
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Well being a man I know from experience that sometimes you just can't get your hands on a Magnum. So you end up borrowing condoms from your friends who don't need Magnums until the lady you're making love to ends up on Yahoo!Answers asking why men keep using condoms that are too small:)
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Thicker pennies won't fit in the little gumball machines anymore. And they've pretty much always been the same length.\n\nIt would be really annoying to carry that much weight in your pocket for so little monetary value.
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Because you can read/see something better through a smaller hole. It's just like making a small circle with your index finger and thumb, if you look through it you can see a lot better!
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I do not know why\nBut here is how the standard differs-\n\nhttp://www.sse.us/main/International_Sizes.html
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The number (12) came first before the name (dozen)...\n\nSo the question should have been: Why is 12 named a dozen?\n\nLike:\n\nWhy is 1 cent called a penny?\n\nWhy is 5 cents called a nickel?\n\nWhy is 10 cents called a dime?\n\nWhy is 25 cents called a quarter?\n\nGet it?
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theoriticaly millions but because they are so tiny they dont react with the atoms in your body. They are so small in fact that they could travel through 100,000 miles of lead and never react with a single atom
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1/6 coz there r 6 sides on  a die  i dunno
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Dimes:\n\n2268 grams  79.8336 ounces  4.9896 pounds\n\nQuarters:\n\n2268 grams  79.8336 ounces  4.9896 pounds\n\nIn other words, exactly the same.
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Midgets are small all over.  They have the same dimensions as 'normal' folk, proportionally.  Dwarfs may have small hands but 'normal' feet... or something like that.
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Here's a picture compared to a penny to give you an idea of size.\n\nI hope the ones you find are all dead.
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Index cards are smaller. They're usually for you to hold yourself while you're reading (or taking notes).\n\nFlash cards are bigger, held at a distance by someone else for you to read while talking (like a news anchor).
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A Dime........then they got short changed.
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It's due to thier small sizes.. it's the same as you can climb a hell for someone whos 1000 times bigger than you...