It sounds like your coin has a slightly off-center second strike. These will generally sell for $20-$50 to an interested error collector. I suggest you do some searching in the error section of ebay.com to see if you can find a similar item, and see what it sells for. Good luck! Dan
A Buffalo Nickel stamped on a penny is worth $800.00. A Jefferson Nickel stamped on a ZN penny is worth $70.00. A Jefferson Nickel stamped on a CU penny is worth $60.00.
You've got to be a bit more specific on how it is stamped wrong before we can assign a premium over silver value on the coin.
50-600 USD or so
A 1984 nickel with one side stamped with Jefferson and the other side blank is likely a novelty coin created after minting. It does not hold any numismatic value to collectors and is worth face value, which is 5 cents.
Error coins need to be seen for an accurate assessment, take to a coin dealer.Also please note that coins are said to be struck rather than "stamped".
Yes. 5 cents. The obverse of the nickel was redesigned in 2005. They all look like that.
That is what is known as a war nickel, because nickel was needed for WWII, it was needed to change the composition of the nickel to one including 35% silver, as of the time of writing, your coin is worth $1.64 in silver content alone.
The U.S. Mint has not produced a nickel with a 5 on the back of in 1945. If someone has stamped it on the coin then they have damaged it as far as numismatic value is concerned and is worth little more than a nickel. If it is made with the five on the back then it is probably a novelty coin of some sort and has a value of no more than you are willing to pay for it. If you think there may be more to the coin than I have said then you may want to take it to a an honest coin dealer and after seeing it then perhaps they can tell you exactly what it is.
It's not a nickel. That denomination was first made in 1866. If it looks like a regular Jefferson nickel but is dated 1861 it's either an altered coin or a counterfeit. If it looks like something else it might be a medal or a token.
Error coins need to be seen, take it to a coin dealer. Most errors are very common and add no value.
The US Mint did not issue an 1896 nickel with an "S" stamped on it. If you have one then it would seem as though someone stamped the coin sometime after it left the mint. Also please don't assume that because a coin is old it has to be made of silver. All US nickels except special "war nickels" made during 1942-45 are struck in the same alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper.
The reasons of a coin having an image only on one side are varied. I suggest you take the coin to a coin shop and have it appraised to get a more accurate estimate of value.