A US nickel is 5 cents. ($0.05). Most nickels minted since the late 1950s have no extra value.
100 cents of US dollar is equal to 1 US dollar, easy as that.
There are 100 cents in one US dollar.
If you found it in change, 10 cents. Billions were minted so they're extremely common. A nice uncirculated or clad proof version might sell for 50¢ to $1. If you have a special silver version minted for a Prestige Proof Set, it could be worth anywhere from $4 to $16 depending on its quality.
If you found it in change, 10 cents. Billions were minted so they're extremely common. A nice uncirculated or clad proof version might sell for 50¢ to $1. If you have a special silver version minted for a Prestige Proof Set, it could be worth anywhere from $4 to $11 depending on its quality.
Not at all. BILLIONS are being minted. All US cents will have the same shield design from now on.
Indian Head cents were minted from 1859 to 1909. All US cents minted in 1808 were Liberty Head large cents about the size of a half dollar.
US Indian Head cents: 2,740 proofs and 57,182,854 for circulation. British Pennies: 15,331,000.
US cents minted since mid-1982 weigh 2.5 gm. A US pound is equivalent to 453.6 gm, so rounded to the closest whole number there would be 453.6 / 2.5 = 181 cents in a pound.
The last US large cents were minted in 1857.
It's still worth 5 cents. There were over 2 billion of them minted that year.
All US cents contain at least some copper, except for 1943 when they were made of zinc-plated steel due to metal shortages during WWII.Lincoln cents minted before mid-1982 are 95% copper, while those minted after that are only 2.5% copper-plated.Indian head cents minted from mid-1864 to 1909 are also 95% copper.Flying eagle cents and Indian head cents made up till mid-1864 are 88% copper.Large cents are 100% copper; these are the only pure-copper "pennies" ever minted by the US.
Total production of 2010 U.S. dimes was 1,120,689,364 this includes clad & silver proof coins.
The first US cent was minted in Philadelphia in 1793. At that time cents were large coins about the size of a half-dollar, and they had a picture of Miss Liberty on the front.
Check your coin again - half cents were last minted by the US Treasury in 1857. There were no half cents minted in the year of 1860. If you are referring to a British half penny coin, please check the related question below.
There were no U.S. 5 cent coins minted until 1866.
In 1913, the U.S. minted cents, nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars, as well as the gold quarter, half, and double eagle.