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
There are five pennies in one nickel. A nickel is worth five cents, and since each penny is worth one cent, it takes five pennies to equal the value of one nickel.
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.
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.
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.
size and value
There are five pennies in one nickel. A nickel is worth five cents, and since each penny is worth one cent, it takes five pennies to equal the value of one nickel.
The size of coins is not directly related to their value. The penny and nickel are larger than the dime because they are made of different metals and were designed at different times with various considerations in mind, such as ease of use and production costs. The dime, despite being smaller, still holds a higher value than the penny and nickel.
There's no such coin. Lincoln is on the penny.
It is a mule.
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.