dimes

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Traders bundled silver dimes, quarters and half-dollars in face-value increments and launched an arcane—not to mention bulky—asset class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

The bags contain dimes, quarters and half dollars.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

It’s beneficial, and also really, really inexpensive; per capita, adding fluoride to the water can cost on the order of dimes each year.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

She would be one of the most fun players to watch in the women’s game if she averaged 20 fewer points, but she’s dropping peerless dimes while being the greatest scorer in history.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024

Collecting nickels and dimes from the trades of unthinking investors felt beneath the dignity of a big-time Wall Street bond trader.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis