Most of the world's currency of nickel coins are principally made from which metal?

Answer 1

Copper, the nickel content is generally about 25%.

Answer 2

When referring to "nickel" coins, there are a few types :

1) copper-nickel : like the US 5 cents
2) copper-nickel clad copper : like the US quarters
3) pure nickel : like the Canadian quarters
4) nickel-plated steel : like the Canadian 5 cents
5) nickel-silver : like some older issues from Haiti
6) nickel-brass : like the Japanese new 500 yen
7) some other less popular alloys of nickel

I'd say most of the world "nickel" coins composed of copper and nickel.

Answer 3

U.S. Coins U.S. coins have changed many times since the Coinage Act of 1792, which adopted the dollar as the standard monetary unit. Silver dollars have been minted and issued at various times since 1794. Dollar coins were discontinued in 1935, then resumed in 1971 with the introduction of the silverless Eisenhower dollar. The silverless Susan B. Anthony coin, honoring the famed women's suffrage advocate, replaced the Eisenhower dollar in 1979. The current dollar coin, which replaced the Susan B. Anthony coin in 2000, depicts Sacagawea, the Native American woman whose presence was essential to the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The coin has a copper core clad in an alloy of copper, zinc, manganese, and nickel, which gives the coin a golden color. Half-dollars virtually disappeared from circulation following the introduction, in 1964, of the Kennedy half-dollar. Despite the fact that huge quantities were produced, the half-dollar remained scarce in general circulation through 1970. Silverless halves first appeared in 1971. Other coin denominations in common use today are the 25-cent, 10-cent, five-cent, and one-cent pieces, familiarly known as the quarter, dime, nickel, and penny. The composition of U.S. coins has changed considerably since the 1960s. Because of a growing worldwide silver shortage, the Coinage Act of 1965 authorized a change in the composition of dimes, quarters, and half-dollars, which had been 90 percent silver. Silver was eliminated from the dime and the quarter. The half-dollar's silver content was reduced to 40 percent and, after 1970, was eliminated altogether. Faces and Backs of Coins Face Back Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Memorial Thomas Jefferson Monticello Franklin D. Roosevelt Torch George Washington 50 States Design John F. Kennedy Presidential Coat of Arms Sacagawea Bald Eagle In 1981 Congress authorized a change in the penny's composition, abandoning the 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc alloy used for decades. The one-cent piece is now copper-plated zinc—97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper. The old and new pennies look virtually identical, but the new coin is about 19 percent lighter. U.S. coin denominations used in the past were the half-cent, two-cent, three-cent, and 20-cent pieces, as well as a small silver coin called a half-dime. Gold coins in denominations of $1, $2.50 ("Quarter Eagle"), $3, $5 ("Half Eagle"), $10 ("Eagle"), and $20 ("Double Eagle") were used from 1795 until 1933.

Answer 4

most of the nickel based coins are almost attracted by magnets like our 25 paise , 50 or 1 rupee but not 2 rupee (INDIA)

so there is a strong alloy mixture of nickel with IRON and may be a little bit of brass , but not lead etc

Answer 5

if they are nickel coins, then they must be made of nickel itself...
anyways i know best answer will be given by S T of india i suppose

Answer 6

obviously nickel coins are made of NICKEL only.

Answer 7

'NICKEL' OF COURSE! What else can Nickel coins be made of?

Answer 8

Steel

Answer 9

well if they're nickel coins i presume they would be made up of nickle

Answer 10

mostly Copper. Nickel is very less.