Both are round U.S. coins.
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A nickel equals 5 cents; the dime 10 cents. Two nickels equals one dime in value. So the nickel is 50% of the dime.
A nickel is a five-cent United States coin. A dime is a ten-cent coin. Therefore, a nickel is half of a dime.
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A dime and a half dime (a coin last minted in 1873)You may be thinking of the brain teaser "What two coins make 15 cents if one of them is not a nickel?" The answer to that question is of course a dime and a modern nickel. The dime is the one coin that's not a nickel!