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Denver Gold and Silver Coins
600 South Holly Street Suite 103
Denver, Colorado 80246
Open
Monday - Thursday from 9 am to 6 pm
Friday and Sunday from 9 am to 4 pm
Call anytime - leave a message: 303-835-8892
The half dime, or half
disme, was a silver coin, valued at five cents,
formerly minted in the United States.
The denomination was one of the original coins first
authorized in 1792, and production began the
following year. These coins were much smaller than
dimes in diameter and thickness, appearing to be
"half dimes". In the 1860s, powerful nickel
interests successfully lobbied for the creation of
new coins, which would be made of a copper-nickel
alloy; production of such coins began in 1865 and
were struck in two denominations — three and five
cents (the latter introduced in 1866).
The introduction of the copper-nickel five-cent
pieces made the silver coins of the same
denomination redundant, and they were discontinued
in 1873.
 
 
 
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