What is the face value of a 1935 nickel coin?

Answer 1

Its face value is 5 cents - face value is the denomination of a coin, not its value to a collector.

Its collector value is about $1 if there is no mint mark or an "S" under the words FIVE CENTS. If there is a "D", its collector value is about $2-3 The face value of any coin is the denomination that it carries, so the face value of ANY nickel* is of course 5 cents.

However, the collector's value is a very different thing, because it depends on the coin's date, mint mark, condition, rarity, and market interest. In the case of a 1935 nickel, if it has no mint mark or an "S" under the words FIVE CENTS, it would retail for $1 or so in average condition. If it has a "D" mint mark, it might retail for $2 to $3 depending on how worn it is.

(*) Note that the coin is called a nickel rather than "nickle"