If this is a penny struck on a dime planchet, it's worth about $150 If this is a dime that was restruck with penniy dies, so details of both strikes show, it's worth about $500 If this is a dime that somebody smashed a penny into, leaving an impression, it has no added value. Proper authentication is required.
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.
size and value
No Nickels were struck in silver after 1945, the value is 5 cents.
Current average retail value is $28.00. Issue price was $2.10.
This type of error is called 'Off Center'. The more of the impression missing, the more it is valued, but those with a readable date and mint mark are the most valuable. If your penny (with no date) is an Indian Head penny it is worth $55.00. If it is a steel penny it is worth $45.00. Wheat pennies and Lincoln Memorial pennies are only worth $3.50.
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.
size and value
That wasn't something done at the mint, rather the cent was likely plated with zinc or nickel. So it has little to no collector value. The US government has never struck a penny in silver.
There's no such coin. Lincoln is on the penny.
It is a mule.
This is not a Mint error, it's a novelty coin that has no collectible value.
The reason your coin is the size and color of a nickel is that it IS a nickel, not a penny. Remember Roman numerals? V = 5. Please see the Related Question for more information.
OK, it's not Lincoln, he is only on the penny. With a date of 1903 it's a Liberty Head nickel an has a value of $3.00-$5.00 in circulated condition
The reason your coin is the size and color of a nickel is that it IS a nickel, not a penny. Remember Roman numerals? V = 5. Please see the Related Question for more information.
Please turn the coin over and check the value on the back. You'll find it's a cent (penny) rather than a nickel. You may be confusing the denomination with the fact that these coins were struck in an alloy of copper and the metal nickel.There's more information at the Related Question.
All 1935 US cents were struck in bronze. Any silver-colored cents with that date are either plated or have been damaged chemically, either of which would reduce their value to 1 cent only.
There are no British general circulation Pennies made from cupro nickel, from 1860 to 1967 they were all made from bronze. If you have a cupro nickel penny, it has been plated and is worthless as a collectible.