The nearly 4 cent price tag is up 20.2% from the Mint’s 2023 report, when a penny cost just over 3 cents. Cost of the nickel Each nickel costs nearly 14 cents ($0.1378) to make and distribute.

A nickel may be worth 5 cents but costs nearly 14 cents to make. With the penny possibly being eliminated, the Treasury wants a new, cheaper nickel.

With the penny going away after 2025, will the last edition of the coin have more value than typical pennies? Questions remain regarding the coin.

The government loses nearly three cents on every penny it mints. On a nickel, it loses nearly nine cents. More nickels would mean steeper losses. America could kill both the penny and the nickel ...

A nickel may be worth 5 cents but costs nearly 14 cents to make. With the penny possibly being eliminated, the Treasury wants a new, cheaper nickel.

The nearly 4 cent price tag is up 20.2% from the Mint's 2023 report, when a penny cost just over 3 cents. Cost of the nickel. Each nickel costs nearly 14 cents ($0.1378) to make and distribute.