Up till the 1990s Canadian dimes were made of pure nickel. Since then they've been made of steel because the price of nickel went up.
Ten cents. It's made of nickel, not silver.
Please don't assume that every older coin must be made of silver. Canadian 5¢ coins haven't contained any silver since 1921. Since that time they've mostly been made of nickel or plated steel; during WWII they were made of brass.
A nickel has a diameter of 21.21 millimeters, while a dime has a smaller diameter of 17.91 millimeters. This means the nickel is wider than the dime. Both coins are made of a combination of metals, with the nickel primarily composed of nickel and copper and the dime mainly made of copper and nickel.
They're both only worth face value.
it is made out of a mixture of copper and nickel
Any Canadian dime dated 1967 or earlier is silver. Then some in 1968 were 50% silver, others were pure nickel. The nickel ones are magnetic.
A dime is smaller than a nickel. A nickel is worth less than a dime. A dime has a ridged side, while a nickel is smooth and thicker.
Yes, a nickel is half a dime!
A nickel equals 5 cents; the dime 10 cents. Two nickels equals one dime in value. So the nickel is 50% of the dime.
NOO dime is 91.67 percent copper and 8.33 percent nickel. it is NOT made of iron.
It is made of nickel.
The American dime (2.268 g) consists of:91.00% copper8.00% silver1.00% zincThe Canadian dime (1.75 g) consists of:92% steel5.5% copper4.4% nickel.1% silverthat is what the dime is made of.