Molly: Do you guys feel any attachment to the penny ... not the nickel and dime! Megan: Honestly, I think the nickel in the dime should go. It’s time. Let our retailers price in quarter-dollars ...

Many of those expenses have been on the rise — and the penny isn't the only coin entering our wallets today that costs more to make than it's worth (enter the nickel debate). Here's a rundown of ...

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 ...

At a cost of nearly four cents to produce each penny, Oregon’s ... nearly 14 cents to produce a nickel, 6 cents to produce a dime and 15 cents to produce a quarter. Meanwhile, an estimated ...

The argument rests on blaming the penny’s most common neighbor in the coin jar: the nickel. While the penny ... could prioritize production of the quarter coin, which costs roughly 15 cents ...