The Buffalo nickel which featured an American bison on the reverse (1913-1938) was then minted, and later, the Jefferson nickel, which is the five-cent coin in circulation today. Continue reading ...

With only five in ... that these coins even existed was a secret until 1919. It has come out that Benjamin Franklin designed ...

The first current U.S. coins that could be headed for extinction are one-cent and five-cent pieces. This is partly because it costs more to produce them than they’re worth. Even so, it will ...

When President Donald Trump announced his intention to eliminate the penny Sunday, he cited the rising cost of producing the coin. Data from the U.S. Treasury shows it’s not the only coin that costs ...

It also lost $17.7 million in nickels, although that’s a large improvement from 2023, when it lost $92.6 million on the 5-cent coin. The price of nickel fell 27.1% last year, which could account ...

If it is human nature to give away our least valuable currency, this then infers that without the penny, the five-cent coin (or the two-cent, depending on the country) would be donated instead. This ...

There are types of coins and bills that circulate and can sell for thousands of dollars to collectors. This is the case with certain 25-cent coins, which could be worth up to $10,000. Here are ...

Because of the value of the materials, today it remains illegal to export or melt one-cent and five-cent coins. The U.S. Mint, which manufactures currency coinage by Congress’ authorization, produces ...