Cents are made out of copper-coated zinc (post-1982), modern dollar coins are made out of brass.
Nickels are .750 copper & .250 nickel
Not as a coin, it's called an alloy when it is a solid.
The five cent US coin called "nickel" is now made of 75% copper and 25% nickel The five cent Canadian coin called "nickel" is now made of 94.5% steel, 3.5% copper with 2% pure nickel plating; between 1946 and 1981 the Canadian coins were pure nickel. Nickel is an element made of electrons, protons and neutrons
It is made of copper and nickel. A 1949 NICKEL is made from copper & nickel.
The Sacagawea & Presidential series of dollar coins are made from copper, zinc, nickel and manganese. Eisenhower and Susan B. Anthony dollar coins are copper-nickel. The older REAL silver dollars are silver and copper.
Copper-nickel
5 cent coin: Brass-clad nickel 10 cent coin: Brass-clad nickel 50 cent coin: nickel-clad copper dollar coin: nickel-clad copper.
Nickels are .750 copper & .250 nickel
Copper/Nickel.
Not as a coin, it's called an alloy when it is a solid.
In 1869, the 5 cent coin you are looking at is likely a shield nickel. In which case the coin is a copper-nickel composition (75% copper and 25% nickel). In the same year there was also a half dime, and that was made out of 90% silver and 10% copper. The Shield nickel is the same size and shape as today's nickels, just a different design
Copper/Nickel.
Cents are made of copper-plated zinc Dollars are made of manganese-brass
All Eire (Irish) 50 Pence coins were made from a copper-nickel alloy.
copper-nickel and its worth 2.00$
A British 10p coin contains 75% copper and 25% nickel.
The five cent US coin called "nickel" is now made of 75% copper and 25% nickel The five cent Canadian coin called "nickel" is now made of 94.5% steel, 3.5% copper with 2% pure nickel plating; between 1946 and 1981 the Canadian coins were pure nickel. Nickel is an element made of electrons, protons and neutrons