Five-cent coin explained

A five-cent coin or five-cent piece is a small-value coin minted for various decimal currencies using the cent as their hundredth subdivision.

Examples include:

• the United States five-cent coin, better known as the US nickel
• the Canadian five-cent coin, better known as the Canadian nickel
• the Australian five-cent coin
• the New Zealand five-cent coin (withdrawn in 2006 due to low monetary value)
• the Hong Kong five-cent coin (withdrawn in 1989 due to low monetary value)
• the Singapore five-cent coin
• the Brunei five-cent coin
• the five-cent coin of the decimal Dutch guilder (Netherlands), also called stuiver (withdrawn in 2001 due to introduction of the euro)
• the 5 cent euro coin used in several European countries known as the eurozone
• the five-cent coin of the South African rand