Am 21.12.01, Matthew Kehrt yscrifef:
> I'm not sure if that's true. A dime says 'one dime' one it (which seems
> to indicate that a dime is a valid unit of currency) and a quarter says
> 'quarter dollar' on it. Whether these can be considered 'official
> names', I don't know.
Those aren't the names of the coins. Those are the names of the
monetary value. It's like "penny" and "cent": one names the coin,
the other names the denomination. It just so happens that "dime"
does for both.
Names would be official when provided by law.
> -M
>
> Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> >
> > Just to pick a nit: no US coin has an "official name", only
> > the monetary denominations.
Padraic.
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