In 1883, large deposits of nickel were discovered in the Sudbury Basin in Canada ... plating and 6 percent goes toward other types of applications, such as coins, batteries and electronics.

The massive coin was the brain child of Ted Szilva, who ultimately chose the coin to commemorate where Sudbury ... than-life nickel will be celebrated with a couple of other big events.

The man behind Sudbury, Ont.'s iconic Big Nickel ... you can build the road up — and also build the nickel," Szilva said. Despite a few other hurdles, including a spat with a city building ...

"While the 1951 coin ... Canadian nickel. But you can’t put this one in your pocket: it’s about 30 feet high and two feet wide. The Big Nickel, a popular tourist attraction in Sudbury, Ont., ...

The nickel, on the other hand, isn't a clad coin at all, which explains why its size is quite different from all other coins. Rather than having a metal core sandwiched between two outside metal ...