Now days, its %75 copper and %25 nickel
nickel
Hmmmm. This is a trick question, huh. The two US coins that total fifty-five cents are a fifty-cent piece and a five-cent piece. The fifty-cent piece is the one that is not a nickel.
is it a nickel
Off center errors for a Jefferson 5 cent piece list at $12.00 .
It is worth a tenth of a cent (0.2)
$3.00 to $15.00 in circulated condition
The coin is only face value, has no silver and is still found in circulation. Only a uncirculated coin is worth more than 5 cents.
91% copper
Post new question, the first nickel was struck in 1866.
The D after the 5 means dollars not cents, the US has never made a five cent gold coin. Take it to a coin dealer for an idea if value.
A five cent coin is generally called a nickel.
The US twenty-five cent piece that has been minted since 1932 with George Washington's portrait.