Dime
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
money, is a silver coin of cents. It weighs forty-one and a quarter grains. Of one thousand parts, nine hundred are of pure silver and one hundred of alloy.
Act of January 18, 1837, s. 8 and 9, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story’s L. U. S. 2523, 4.