First authorized by the coinage act of 1792 a dime in United States usage has the official value of one tenth of a United States dollar. So, If you are wondering how many dimes are in 5 dollars, the answer is: 50. The math is straightforward. Per Congress, there are 10 dimes in every dollar, and you need five dollars, so the total is 50.
Or:
1 dollar = 10 dimes. Then you just multiply 10 times 5, to get 50.
An even simpler approach is just to add it up.
10 dimes = 1 dollar.
2o dimes = 2 dollars.
30 dimes = 3 dollars.
40 dimes = 4 dollars.
50 dimes = 5 dollars.
And so on.
So, the answer to the question “how many dimes are in 5 dollars?” is 50.
Interesting Facts About Dimes.
The term dime comes from the old French disme and the Latin decima, both meaning a tenth part.
In 1965 the US Mint switched from making dimes out of silver to making them out of a copper-nickle alloy.
Dimes are composed of a nickle outer coating (8.3%) and a copper interior (92.7%).
The weight of a dime is 2.26 grams.
Dimes have a diameter of .70 inches.
Dimes are 1.35 millimeters thick.
The edges of dimes are “reeded” meaning they are indented. There are 118 reeds on each dime. Indentation makes dimes harder to counterfeit and makes them easier to identify.
Pro Tip: There are some silver dimes still in circulation, so check your coin collection. Look at the date on your dimes. If you have any that are slightly duller in color than the nickle alloy dimes, and were minted before 1965, you might have a dime that is made out of silver! Dimes made out of silver are worth $1.26 at current prices – far more than the face value of the dime.
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Readers, do you have any dimes in your coin collection? Have you ever counted the reeds on a dime?
James Hendrickson is an internet entrepreneur, blogging junky, hunter and personal finance geek. When he’s not lurking in coffee shops in Portland, Oregon, you’ll find him in the Pacific Northwest’s great outdoors. James has a masters degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Bachelors degree on Sociology from Earlham College. He loves individual stocks, bonds and precious metals.