Gold-plated, not gold. After all, considering that a five DOLLAR gold coin from that era is about the same size, even the most foolish bureaucrat wouldn't put a coin in circulation that lost the government $4.95 each ...
Unfortunately the plating destroyed any collector value the coin had. It's a curiosity and conversation piece, but nothing else.
--The above is not true. There are solid gold nickels and they are obviously worth more than 5 cents.
The first buffalo nickels were minted in 1913.
The first Indian Head nickel was struck in 1913, post new question
The 5 known examples of the 1913 Liberty Head nickel are each valued at more than One Million dollars.
A 2004 nickel is worth 5 cents. A gold-plated '04 nickel is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. There is no standard market value for modified coins like that.
Indian head (buffalo) nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938. They are worth $50
Only the value of the metals used to make it.
It's worth five cents. Gold plating doesn't add any value.
Average retail values for circulated 1913-D II nickels are: $96.00-$268 depending on grade.
Indian head (buffalo) nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938.
Gold-plated, not real gold. That makes it an altered coin with no real value to a collector.
No. US nickels have never contained any gold. For one thing, even when the price of gold was much lower a gold coin the size of a US nickel would have been worth several dollars; today it would be worth hundreds.
It is worth a nickel