Why is the 10 cent coin smaller than a 5 cent coin?
Canadian currency
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As others have said, the 10 cent coin was originally made of silver, and it couldn’t be any bigger than it is without having more than 10 cents worth of silver, while the five cent coin currently in use (in both the US and Canada) was made out of nickel (or in the case of the US, a 75% copper 25% nickel alloy.
However, both the US and Canada minted five cent silver coins in the past. In the US, these "half dimes" were minted until 1873, while the Canadian five cent silver coin was minted until 1921. Both of those coins were smaller than the dime, since they only contained five cents worth of silver.
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because some coins (like the dime) used to be made of precious metal. but the 5 cent coin was never made of common metal. So even though the 10 cent coin was smaller, it was worth more because it was made of silver. of course, no coins are made of precious metal now, but they decided to not change the sizes
Samee way in America. But if I had to guess I would say that it has something to do with the cost and maybe inflation in the time period.
Because it is (or historically WAS) made of silver, more precious than whatever the five cent coin is made of (nickel in the USA, maybe the same in Canadian coinage).