By convention, the front (known as the obverse) of all Canadian coins have an image of HRH Queen Elizabeth II.
The current 5c coin has an image of a beaver on the reverse. This could (mistakenly) be thought of as the 'front' - it's not.
what does a 1857 nickel look like
Look on the other side of your coin. I do believe you are looking at an '02 nickel. The date was struck on the obverse of the coin, instead of the reverse like all other years.
Look for the date on the front of the coin. It should be below the neck.
On the front of the coin look to the lower left.
There was no "victory nickel" struck in the US. There was, however a Canadian Victory Nickel, and there were US nickels struck with 35% silver (from 1942-1945 with a large mintmark on the reverse above the Monticello) and those are worth $1.50 or so.MoreIf your nickel is a US coin dated 1883 to 1912 with a picture of Miss Liberty on the front, please look up the Roman numeral for "five". It's the letter V, and is the coin's denomination.
The first nickels were minted in 1866.
The coins themselves aren't magnetic, but Canadian dimes made since mid-1968 are attracted to a magnet.Up till that year the coins were made of an alloy of copper and silver, neither of which is attracted to a magnet. The rising price of silver forced the Royal Canadian Mint to reduce the amount of silver from 80% to 50%, then eliminate it completely in favour of pure nickel. By the turn of the century the price of nickel had also increased to the point where the RCM switched to plated steel. Both of those metals are strongly attracted to magnets.
Look at the date on the front of the Nickel it's 2004 so no it's not old.
If you were to look at it from the front it would look like the diamond shape.
front view
It look like 2 maple making a leaf tilted right and I tilted left.
Please take another look and post a new question. Indian Head nickels were made by the US from 1913 to 1938.