The answer is a nickel and a 50 cent piece (half dollar). The question states that *one* of them is not a nickel, but the other coin may be a nickel. In fact, this is the only answer.
One is a half dollar and the other is the nickel. This way, one is not the nickel, the other is the nickel.
If one of the two coins isn't a nickel, then that means the other coin is. The other coin is then a half-dollar. A nickel is worth $0.05 and the half-dollar is worth $0.50. So, 50+5= $0.55.
The puzzle is actually stated differently: "You have two US coins totaling 55 cents and ONE OF THEM is not a nickel". The answer is a nickel and a half dollar. The riddle only says that one coin can't be a nickel, not both.
Even using obsolete denominations like 20¢ pieces or half-dimes, no two US Coins add up to 55 cents unless you use a nickel.
It's a 50 cent piece and a 5 cent piece.
The 50 cent is not a nickel... even if the nickel is. So one is not a nickel, the other one is.
the FIRST coin (number one) is a half-dollar. the SECOND coin (number two) is a nickel. one is a half-dollar, not a nickel
The question is generally asked: what two coins total 55 cents if one of them is not a nickel?
The answer: a half dollar (which is not a nickel), and a nickel.
The coins are a half dollar and a nickel. It's a trick question - the half dollar is the coin that's not a nickel.
The way I've heard this answered is: One is a half-dollar and the other one is a nickle.
A 50 cent piece and a nickel. One of the coins is not a nickel, but the other coin IS a nickel.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
a fifty cent piece and a nickel. the fifty cent peice is not the nickel!
One is not a nickel, but the other one is. Another person-Yeah, the other one is a fifty cent peice. No one ever said that they both weren't nickels, after all.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
Oh, c'mon.. one isn't but ONE IS.. the other is a 50-cent piece..and are they in MY pocket, or YOURS???? Gotta get up pretty early in the morning....
Half Dollar, and A Nickel.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
The probability is 0.
You have two coins - A and BOnly one of them (say A) is not a nickel, that one is a 50cThe other one (B) is a nickel.Look at it from this angle.... we all have 2 parents, and one of them is not a man.
The total of their value is 15 cents. ($0.15) A dime is the equivalent of 10 cents, while a nickel coin is worth 5 cents.
A fifty cent piece and a nickel. One is not a nickel, but the other one is.
6-29-11>>> Retail value for the 1953-D Jefferson nickel is 10 to 25 cents for average circulated coins.
Penny: 1 cent nickel: 5 cents Dime: 10 cents Quarter: 25 cents If they were uncirculated it would be different.
The total value would be 15 cents. A nickel is 5¢ while the dime is 10¢.
1937 is one of the most common, value is 25 cents to $3.00 for circulated coins.
4 quarters and one nickel
If one of the coins is not a quarter, then the other coin is; plus a nickel, one would still attain a cumulative value of 30 cents.