Junk the penny. And the nickel and dime, too! As digital transactions become the norm, is it time to say goodbye to not just the penny? February 17, 2025.

And the nickel and dime, too!” McArdle commented that if she sees a penny on the street, “I don’t bother to lean down and pick it up.” “It’s not worth my time,” Goins agreed.

And, like the penny, the nickel has also seen recent price jumps — with the latest 14 cent cost up 19.4% from the 2023 fiscal year, when its cost sat under 12 cents.

A nickel is worth half as much as a dime but costs twice as much to mint. A penny, which used to cost less than 1 cent to make, now costs 3.7. In 2011, a quarter was cheaper to make than a nickel ...

And the nickel and dime, too!” McArdle commented that if she sees a penny on the street, “I don’t bother to lean down and pick it up.” “It’s not worth my time,” Goins agreed.

In a final irony, news of the penny’s fate came out on the eve of Lucky Penny Day, no less! (Yes, there is such a thing, on May 23rd.) “We don’t have a lucky nickel day.

While many Americans may not miss the penny, a small but dedicated cheering section for the coin — and its producers — wants to stop Trump's order to end production.

Business See a penny, pick it up? In the future, probably not as often — and, some say, that matters The U.S. Treasury confirmed Thursday that it will stop making shiny new penny coins after the ...

Across the other coins — the dime, quarter, and half-dollar — the situation is much better. Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576).

So far, Kirk Cousins is worth every penny, nickel, dime and quarter inside of his four-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons for $180 million. Here's why.

In a final irony, news of the penny’s fate came out on the eve of Lucky Penny Day, no less! (Yes, there is such a thing, on May 23rd.) “We don’t have a lucky nickel day.