Nickel Money
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| Value | Image | Obverse | Reverse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coins | |||
Penny | Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President | The Lincoln Memorial | |
| Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President | |||
Dime 10¢ | Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President | Olive Branch, | |
Quarter 25¢ | George Washington 1st U.S. President | American Bald Eagle | |
Half-Dollar | John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. President | The Presidential Seal | |
| Susan B. Anthony | |||
Golden Dollar $1 | Sacagawea | Soaring Eagle and 17 Stars | |
| Currency | |||
| George Washington 1st U.S. President | |||
$2 | Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President | Signing of the Declaration of Independence -or- Monticello | |
| Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President | |||
$10 | Alexander Hamilton 1st U.S. Treasury Secretary | U.S. Treasury | |
| Andrew Jackson 7th U.S. President | |||
$50 | Ulysses S. Grant 18th U.S. President | U.S. Capitol | |
| Benjamin Franklin | |||
$500* | William McKinley 25th U.S. President | 'Five Hundred Dollars' | |
| Grover Cleveland 22nd/24th U.S. President | |||
$5,000* | James Madison 4th U.S. President | 'Five Thousand Dollars' | |
| Salmon P. Chase 25th U.S. Treasury Secretary | |||
$100,000* | Woodrow Wilson 28th U.S. President | 'One Hundred Thousand Dollars' | |
| * no longer in circulation | |||
50 Most Valuable Nickels
A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint.Composed of 75% copper and 25% nickel, the piece has been issued since 1866.Its diameter is.835 inches (21.21 mm) and its thickness is.077 inches (1.95 mm). Nickel is a silvery white shiny metal used primarily for corrosion-resistant alloys and to produce grades of stainless steel. Nickel has excellent chemical properties and is also used in.
Money Facts
Quarters, nickels, and dimes are currently made from nickel and copper.
Pennies are currently made from copper plated zinc.
Coins with ridges were originally made with precious metals. The ridges were used to easily detect people clipping or filing off these precious metals.
A U.S. Quarter has 119 grooves on its circumference. A dime has 118 grooves.
Lincoln faces to the right because the penny was an adaptation of a plaque.
E Pluribus Unum means 'Out of Many, One'.
On the back of a Roosevelt dime, the center torch signifies liberty. The oak branch to the right signifies strength and independence. The olive branch to the left signifies peace.
On an American one dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the '1' encased in the 'shield' and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
The law prohibits portraits of living persons from appearing on Government
Securities.Currency paper is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton.
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