The value of the nickel is broken down as 4.66 cents of nickel content and 3.86 cents of copper content. It is also illegal to transport more than $5 worth of nickels out of the country. The market’s ...

An auction house specializing in currency announced it recently purchased a rare nickel coin for millions of dollars. The coin, called the Walton 1913 Liberty Head nickel, was sold to GreatCollections ...

The nickel wasn't always worth five cents. In 1865, the U.S. nickel was a three-cent coin. Before that, “nickel cents” referred to alloy pennies. It turns out that even the name “nickel” is misleading ...

This coin isn’t pulling its weight. It now costs more than a dime to mint a nickel, prompting Congressional action from lawmakers who say the boondoggle epitomizes wasteful spending in Washington. The ...

The nickel is worth more than a dime. Nickel prices, for the metal not the coin, spiked to $100,000 per metric ton on the London Metal Exchange this past week before trading was halted. The metal had ...

An internal federal analysis shows the government has studied the pros and cons of the nickel — but Ottawa insists it has no plans to force the five-cent coin into retirement, as it did the penny.