0 a chemical element that is a silver-white metal: --
a nickel alloy
1 a US or Canadian coin worth five cents --
2 (in the US and Canada) a coin worth five cents --
3 a silver-white metal: --
Nickel is useful because of its resistance to corrosion.
4 a silver-white metal used in manufacturing: --
Most of the 100,000-plus classic old hobo nickels are not yet in the hands of collectors, whereas almost all modern carvings are.
About 100,000 (and possibly as many as 200,000) classic hobo nickels were created from 1913 to 1980.
Many artists made hobo nickels in the 1910s and 1920s, with new artists joining in as the years went by.
We present below some results on nickel plasmas.
In commemoration of that change, two specimen 1966 nickels with the initials were struck and presented to him.
Reporters were expected to carry rolls of nickels, so they could board streetcars and reach their assignments.
Westarctica has produced several coins, in the form of both wooden nickels and metal coins.
Nickel's other important ore minerals include garnierite, and pentlandite.