Many Americans regard both nickels and pennies as more nuisance than currency. The typical household is sitting on $60 to $90 in neglected coins, enough to fill one or two pint-size beer mugs, ...

Nowadays, some of the most valuable coins are cherished to a focal price of more than thousand US dollars. Check out the list ...

At a cost of nearly four cents to produce each penny, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley says the United State Mint is fulfilling the ...

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He’s part of a coalition in Congress seeking to eliminate the coin that costs more to produce than it’s worth — something ...

New legislation - the Common Cents Act - was introduced this week to eliminate the production of pennies, which the Treasury ...

The change came shortly after his death and paid tribute to his support of the March of Dimes. Dimes contained silver until ...

Unlike the penny, the American dime is a good example of positive seigniorage -- when producing a coin costs less than it's face value.

Interestingly, only one nickel showed up. I also found Canadian pennies, Euro dimes and a few English “new pennies ... Luckily, my old can of paper coin rolls had 42 penny wrappers. All filled, the ...

The U.S. Mint reports it costs 3.69 cents to mint each penny, which has been a chief argument of the anti-penny crowd, ...

It is not practical to produce a coin that costs the mint more than double its value. If this is true for the penny, it should also be the case for the nickel ... of dimes and quarters equalling ...