Dime (United States coin)

Dime

United States
Value	0.10 U.S. dollar
Mass	2.268 g (0.0729 troy oz)
Diameter	17.91 mm (0.705 in)
Thickness	1.35 mm (0.053 in)
Edge	118 reeds
Composition	Current—91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel Prior to 1965—90% silver, 10% copper
Years of minting	1796–1798, 1800–1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1814, 1820–1825, 1827–1931, 1934–present
Catalog number	–
Obverse
Design	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Designer	John R. Sinnock
Design date	1946
Reverse
Design	Olive branch, torch, oak branch
Designer	John R. Sinnock
Design date	1946

The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792.

The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being 0.705 inches (17.91 millimeters) in diameter and 0.053 in (1.35 mm) in thickness. The obverse of the current dime depicts the profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the reverse has an olive branch, a torch, and an oak branch, from left to right respectively.

The word dime comes from the Old French disme (Modern French dîme), meaning "tithe" or "tenth part", from the Latin decima [pars].^[1] The dime is currently the only United States coin in general circulation that is not denominated in terms of dollars or cents. As of 2011^[update], the dime cost 5.65 cents to produce.^[2]