The nickel has a long history in U.S. money, though it wasn't the country's first 5-cent coin. That honor goes to a ...

In sharp contrast to a decade earlier, about 37 million Buffalo nickels were produced in 1928. Almost 7 million of these were ...

Many buffalo nickels can be traded for about $0.51 but under the right conditions, that five-cent piece could be worth over $1,000. What to know 📋 How to talk money 🤑 💸 to your 📩 See ...

It may sound nutty, but their logic is fairly sound: U.S. nickels are made up of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel, a composition whose market worth first surpassed face value in 2006.

Nickels made of 75% copper and 25% nickel, while pennies, despite their reputation of being a copper coin are copper-plated zinc, meaning they are only 2.5% copper and 97.5% zinc.

The U.S. Mint spends more to make pennies and nickels than the coins are worth. Switching to cheaper metals to produce U.S. coins would save federal government some money, but could cost ...

The "hate nickels because they are not dimes comment" was a joke about money that Kahalas had used for years. When Ambroise heard the comment, she did not associate it with "nickels n-word." ...

Mayor Greg Nickels made a lot of promises during the 2001 election campaign. Now he’s had almost four years to act on them. To track his progress, The Seattle Times is returning to a chart of ...

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, ...