Here are the production tables for circulating 2011 nickels:
Denver mint: 540.24 million
Philadelphia mint: 450 million
Total made: 990.24 million
38,612,000 Liberty Head nickels were made in 1906. All were struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
According to the US mint, about 1023.60 million nickels were made in 2012. This is just over 1 billion.
It depends on the economy, they make as many as needed.
Nickels (5-cent coins) are still made. They are 75% copper and 25% nickel and cost more than 9 cents each to produce. The metal value in 2011 was about 7 cents. Shield nickels were made from 1866 to 1883. Liberty nickels were made beginning in 1883 and stopped in 1912. The Buffalo nickels were made beginning in 1913 and stopped in 1938. The "Jefferson profile" obverse coins were replaced with new versions in 2005 with another change in 2006.
No, Nickels are made from a mixture of 25% Nickel and 75% Copper.
Nickels are made every year. Millions or billions are produced.
You could have: 8 nickels and 1 penny or 6 nickels and 11 pennies or 4 nickels and 21 pennies or 2 nickels and 31 pennies. The option of 0 nickels and 41 pennies is excluded by the necessity that the amount is made up of dimes, nickels and pennies; 0 nickels would mean the $1.21 was made up of dimes and pennies only.
There are 40 nickels in a roll of nickels.
No, the only US nickels to have silver are the "War Nickels" from 1942 to 1945
No. All Canadian nickels are made of metal.
The Buffalo nickels were made from 1913 - 1938
340 nickels