The time of the penny is coming to a close. The U.S. Treasury Department placed its last order of blanks, flat metal discs ...

Dimes, for example, only cost about 5 cents to make (5.76 cents ... in between to layers of copper. The nickel, on the other hand, isn't a clad coin at all, which explains why its size is quite ...

Each nickel costs nearly 14 cents ($0.1378) to make and distribute. That price tag is nearly triple the five-cent coin’s buying power ... 3.2 cents each 2. $5 bills: 5.3 cents each 3.

The Department of the Treasury is exploring ways to reduce the cost of producing nickels, which cost a pretty penny, ahead of the possible elimination of the iconic Lincoln-faced 1-cent coin.

Prices everywhere will likely start being rounded up to 5-cent increments to match the new lowest value coin in circulation, the nickel. Nickels cost the U.S. government 13.78 cents to make ...