Be the first to comment. The nickel isn’t the only low denomination coin that is punching well below its weight. Pennies now cost 2.7 cents to make, and billions are manufactured every year.

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 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 ...

Coin collectors have their first chance in 67 years to get their hands on a shiny new buffalo nickel Tuesday when the U.S. Mint rolls out its latest product.

Even replicas of Booteen's coins (which he doesn't profit from), including the "trap coin" combining the U.S. "Morgan" dollar coin (the coin used in Booteen's original was minted in 1921) and a ...

Despite the nickel name, the coin contains 25% nickel and 75% copper. During a period of 1942 to 1945, there was no nickel contained in the U.S. nickel.

BOSTON, Feb. 19.--The first counterfeit of the new five-cent nickel was detected at the Sub-Treasury in this city yesterday. The base coin is an alloy in which the principal ingredient is lead.

In honor of the coin’s 150th anniversary, read up on how the nickel came to be minted Daniel A. Gross The nickel wasn't always worth five cents. In 1865, the U.S. nickel was a three-cent coin ...