Shield nickel

the first United States five cent piece to be made out of copper-nickel
CreativeWork coin_type Q2278669
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Shield nickel

Summary

Shield nickel is a coin type[1]. It draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (coin_type category, ranking #118 of 405).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shield nickel is in the country of United States[3].
  • Shield nickel's image is recorded as Shield nickel obverse by Howard Spindel.png[4].
  • Shield nickel's image is recorded as Shield nickel with rays by Howard Spindel.png[5].
  • Shield nickel's instance of is recorded as coin type[6].
  • Shield nickel's made from material is recorded as cupronickel[7].
  • Shield nickel's subclass of is recorded as nickel[8].
  • Shield nickel's designed by is recorded as James B. Longacre[9].
  • Shield nickel's Commons category is recorded as Shield nickel[10].
  • Shield nickel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b7jr1[11].
  • Shield nickel's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+5'}[12].
  • Shield nickel's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+20.50'}[13].
  • Shield nickel's face value is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+0.05'}[14].
  • Shield nickel's KBpedia ID is recorded as ShieldNickel[15].

Why It Matters

Shield nickel draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (coin_type category, ranking #118 of 405).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shield nickel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shield-nickel
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shield-nickel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shield nickel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shield-nickel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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