A nickel and a half dollar. The OTHER coin is the nickel.
A fifty cent piece and a nickel. One is not a nickel, but the other one is.
Yes. They were designed to be durable as coins are constantly being handled by human hands and rub against other coins in our wallets, purses or pockets. Most coins today are made of Nickel and Nickel alloys. Nickel is a very durable metal.
US coins actually have very little nickel in them. Cents are copper-plated zinc, nickels are actually 75% copper, and other denominations are over 80% copper. That means there isn't a sufficient density of nickel to be strongly attracted to a magnet. However even though it's not enough to be felt by your hands, there's still enough attraction that the electronic scanners in most vending machines can measure it as a way to detect counterfeit coins.
There's no such thing as an 1803 nickel, because the coin wasn't first minted until 1866. However, if the date 1803 is above two hands shaking, and the other side shows President Jefferson, then it's a 2004 Westward Journey nickel, worth exactly 5 cents.
Alfred Watson Hands has written: 'Coins of Magna Graecia' -- subject(s): Greek Coins 'Italo-Greek coins of southern Italy' -- subject(s): Greek Coins, Roman Coins, Oscan Coins
Is the imprint normal or mirror-imaged? If it's the normal direction, you might have a nickel that somehow fell into a cent press and was struck twice. However since cents are smaller than nickels, the coin should show some other damage from the press. Regardless, in that case you'll need to have it examined in person by someone who specializes in error coins. If it's a double strike it could have some definite extra value. If the images are reversed, what probably happened is that someone with too much time on their hands put a cent on either side of the nickel and hit it with a hammer, driving a mirror image of the cents into the nickel's surface. If that describes what you have it's considered damaged and is worth exactly 5 cents.
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A 1938 Liberty Head nickel in mint condition can be worth between $5 to $30, depending on factors such as the specific condition, rarity, and demand from collectors. It's always recommended to have coins of value appraised by a professional coin dealer or numismatist for an accurate valuation.
The smooth edge means that the coin is either quite worn or someone had a file and too much time on their hands. Either way, Kennedy halves are so common that in circulated condition they're pretty much worth their metal value only:1964: About 1/3 of the current price of an ounce of silver1965-69: About 1/7 the price of an ounce of silver1971-present: 50 cents. These coins are copper-nickel, not silver.
You could possibly have an error coin that was struck twice, or simply something that was altered by someone with a few tools and too much time on their hands. Items like these are best evaluated in person by a dealer or appraiser who works with error coins.
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