A five cent coin in the United States is called a nickel.
Your coin is called a half dime. That denomination was issued at a time when a dime was a separate and distinct currency unit like a cent or dollar. As of 03/2009 Numismedia lists retail prices as follows Very worn condition - $46 Moderately worn - $61 Slightly worn - $90 Almost no wear - $200+
George Washington.
Zero (0). The only U.S. nickels to have any silver in them are "War Nickels" dated from 1942 to 1945 and are identified by large mintmarks on the reverse. These coins have a silver content of .05626 ASW or 35% silver.
1945. The last 90% silver half-dime (small, 90% silver pieces worth 5 cents) was struck in 1873, after that, only copper-nickel 5 cent pieces were struck. However, due to a shortage of nickel during WWII, some 1942 nickels and all 1943-1945 nickels contain 35% silver. These nickels can be distinguished from nickels without silver by the large mintmark over the Monticello.
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A five cent coin in the United States is called a nickel.
A five cent coin is generally called a 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.
Off center errors for a Jefferson 5 cent piece list at $12.00 .
The first nickel 5 cent piece is the 1866 rays shield type. The first five cent pieces however were actually made out of silver and were called half dimes. These can be dated back to 1794. They were eventually discontinued in 1873. From that point on all 5 cent pieces were made from nickel.
It is worth a tenth of a cent (0.2)
Canadian money does not actually have a nickel. They have what is called a five cent piece. A 2002 Canadian 5¢ piece is only worth face value.
The obverse of the American five-cent coin, minted in its current form since 1938, has featured a picture of Thomas Jefferson on the obverse.
As a coin? A five cent piece or five cents. As an element? It is just called "Nickel", unless you are thinking of an alloy of copper and nickel known as "German silver".
$3.00 to $15.00 in circulated condition
A fifty-cent piece.