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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 191405, member: 578&quot;]The word &quot;dime&quot; is an anglicized version of the word &quot;disme&quot; (pronounced &quot;deem&quot;), meaning tenth. The word is traced back to Simon Stevin van Brugghe, aka Simon Stevinus, aka Stevin. Stevinus invented the decimal system as a convenient alternative to the fractional system that was being used in mathematics. He published a paper, called &#039;De Thiende&#039; in 1585 under the name Stevin. It was immediately translated to French, and was translated to English by Robert Norton in 1608, and entitled &#039;Disme: the art of tenths, or, Decimall arithmeticke.&#039; Although the decimal system won a fair amount of acceptance in the scientific community it did nothing for currency. Stevin&#039;s paper was republished in 1634. The article found favor in the American Colonies, and when the United States won its independence, the founding fathers, saw the decimal system monetarily as a way to make a dramatic change from the past. Among the first coins issued by the United States was the 1792 Half Disme, and the 1792 Disme. Within a couple of years, the word became &quot;dime.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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