So if we were dropping to that subdivision of denominations today, we would have to get rid of the penny, the nickel and the dime! Molly: No, not the nickel and dime! Megan: Honestly, I think the ...

And the nickel and dime, too!” McArdle commented that if she sees a penny on the street, “I don’t bother to lean down and pick it up.” “It’s not worth my time,” Goins agreed.

Dimes, for example ... a center layer of copper in between two layers of a copper/nickel mixture. This is quite different from a penny, which has a center layer of zinc sandwiched in between ...

The nickel now costs 14 cents to make, a victim of the same forces that raised the penny’s cost (despite ... Congress took the silver out of dimes and quarters. Four years later, the Federal ...

The disproportional cost of penny and nickel production isn’t a new issue ... the cost of producing nickels, dimes and quarters has also risen in recent years. In its annual report, the U.S ...

Compared to 2023, the penny’s unit cost increased by 20.2%, now costing 3.69 cents to produce. The nickel’s unit cost increased by 19.4%, now costing 13.78 cents to produce. The dime’s unit ...

And the nickel and dime, too!” McArdle commented that if she sees a penny on the street, “I don’t bother to lean down and pick it up.” “It’s not worth my time,” Goins agreed.