A ten-cent coin or ten-cent piece is a

coin A coin is a small, flat (usually depending on the country or value), round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order t ...

minted for various decimal currencies worth 10 cents. Examples include: * the United States ten-cent coin, better known as the US dime * the Canadian ten-cent coin, better known as the Canadian dime * the

Australian ten-cent coin The Australian ten-cent coin is a coin of the decimal Australian dollar. When the dollar was introduced as half of an Australian pound on 14 February 1966, the coin inherited the specifications of the pre-decimal shilling; both coins were worth ...

* the New Zealand ten-cent coin * the

Hong Kong ten-cent coin The ten-cent coin is the lowest-denomination circulating coin of the Hong Kong dollar. With a diameter of 17.5 mm and a mass of 1.85 g it is also the smallest in size and weight. It is the oldest coin denomination to still be in circula ...

* the Singapore ten-cent coin * the Brunei ten-cent coin * the

dubbeltje A ''dubbeltje'' () is a small former Dutch coin, originally made of silver, with a value of a tenth of a Dutch guilder. The 10-euro-cent coin is currently also called a dubbeltje in the Netherlands. The name "dubbeltje" is the diminutive for ...

, ten-cent coin of the decimal Dutch guilder (Netherlands) * the

10 cent euro coin The 10 euro cent coin (€0.10) has a value of one tenth of a euro and is composed of an alloy called Nordic gold. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The coin has been used since 2002, with the present comm ...

used in several European countries known as the eurozone * the Namibian ten-cent coin * the ten-cent coin of the South African rand

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