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From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb+usenet@becket.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] is nickle plan9 acceptable?
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:01:37 +0000
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rob@plan9.bell-labs.com (rob pike) writes:

> I could have sworn the coin is called a 'nickel'.

Well, it's colloquially called a nickel.  "Nickle" is of course not an
English word.

The law doesn't really give them official names, however.  The six
common coins are identified in 31 USC 5112 as:

"a dollar coin"
"a half dollar coin"
"a quarter dollar coin"
"a dime coin"
"a 5-cent coin"
"a one-cent coin"

which is of course just what is printed on the physical coins.

Thomas