10 cents (Themiclesian coin)

10 cents

Themiclesia
Value	​1⁄10 Rang
Mass	9 g
Diameter	27.1 mm
Thickness	2.25 mm
Edge	Milled
Composition	cupronickel
Years of minting	1952 (1952)
Obverse
Reverse

The 10 cents piece is a cupronickel coin of the Qik, the currency of Themiclesia. It is ​¹⁄₁₀ of one currency rang, which since 1952 was divided into 100 cents.

Design

The 10 cents piece was the successor of the 2 twa piece under the pre-decimal currency. Thus, its initial dimensions were identical to the 2 twa piece to smooth maximally the transition to decimal currency. With older 2 twa pieces it co-circulated as an equivalent until 1957. Like that coin, it weighed 26.8 g and was 38.5 mm wide and 2.75 mm tall.

After gold coins were recalled and large replaced by banknotes by 1910, the 2 twa piece was the physically-largest coin in circulation and was worth ​¹⁄₁₂ of a gold rang (3 and 4 twa pieces also existed but primarily as commemorative issues, as they were too large and heavy). This status its successor the 10 cent piece retained until the introduction of 20 cent and 50 cent pieces in 1972. The 10 cent piece was also a direct continuation of a very historical coin, the Sylvan piece of eight, and was directly equivalent with identical coins in other states. It contained an identical amount of silver as the Anglian Crown as well as the Camian Dollar and were interchangeable in trade.

In 1972, the cupronickel coins were redesigned and downsized.

See also

• Themiclesia