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What kind of metal is a dime made out of 2024?

Harper Roberts | 2023-04-20 00:30:02 | page views:1968
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Ethan Perez

Works at the International Renewable Energy Agency, Lives in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1965, the composition of the dime changed from 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper to a clad "sandwich" of pure copper inner layer between two outer layers of cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) alloy giving a total composition of 91.67% Cu and 8.33% Ni.
2023-04-28 00:30:02

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With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1965, the composition of the dime changed from 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper to a clad "sandwich" of pure copper inner layer between two outer layers of cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) alloy giving a total composition of 91.67% Cu and 8.33% Ni.
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