If you think about it for a split second, neon is a gas and nickel is a metal. You couldn't make coins out of gas.
Neon and nickel are significantly different elements. Neon is a noble gas that is colorless and odorless at room temperature, while nickel is a transition metal that is silver in color and exhibits metallic properties. They have different atomic structures, physical properties, and chemical behaviors.
A neon color, or purple
It is made of copper and nickel. A 1949 NICKEL is made from copper & nickel.
The US coin named after an element is the nickel. It is composed mainly of copper and nickel, hence the name.
nitrogen, niobium, neodymium, neptunium, nickel, and neon
Neon lights were first invented around 1910.
American nickels are made of 75% copper and 25% nickel Canadian nickels used to be pure nickel but are now made out of steel.
nickel
A 2014 US nickel is made of an alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper. A 2014 Canadian nickel is made of an alloy of 94.5% steel and 3.5% copper, plated with nickel (2%)
Nickel is an element and therefore is not made of anything.
0.018% of the atmosphere is made of neon
The nickel was never made with silver, it is made with nickel, hence the name.