What are quarters and dimes made out of?
2006-09-04 21:41:12 · 9 answers · asked by surfinthedesert 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Dimes are made out of an alloy (a mixture of metals) of 91.67 percent copper and 8.33 percent nickel (before 1965, the dime was made out of silver). The dime has a edge with 118 ridges. This coin is 17.91 mm in diameter and is 1.35 mm thick - it is the smallest, thinnest and lightest US coin.
Quarters are made out of an alloy (a mixture of metals) of 91.67 percent copper and 8.33 percent nickel (before 1965, the quarter was made out of silver). The quarter has a edge with 119 ridges. This coin is 24.26 mm in diameter and is 1.75 mm thick.
2006-09-04 21:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1982 the penny replaced into replaced from the classic alloy of ninety 5 % copper and 5 % zinc to copper-plated zinc. Nickels are composed of an alloy containing seventy 5 % copper and 25 % nickel. because the Coinage Act of 1965, dimes, quarters, 0.5 money and dollar money are all clad money, made up of three coin strips that are bonded mutually and rolled to the mandatory thickness. The face of those money is seventy 5 % copper and 25 % nickel and the middle, it really is seen alongside the perimeters of the money, is composed of organic copper.
2016-12-06 10:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most coins are made of a base metal
2006-09-04 21:44:00 · answer #3 · answered by Steward G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm
*Still Thinking*
2006-09-04 21:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by Singapore_Lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
metal out of human'mind
2006-09-04 21:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by kingdom511 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
metal
2006-09-04 21:46:48 · answer #6 · answered by whatever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nickel, metal,
2006-09-04 21:46:20 · answer #7 · answered by thought 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very little silver .... oh thanks for the tip on Mr UFO in the U.K.
2006-09-04 21:48:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
money
2006-09-04 21:48:02 · answer #9 · answered by The FreeBird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋