Although it's often referred to as the "Hobby of Kings," coin collecting doesn't discriminate between the rich and the poor ...

A penny saved is a penny … urned? The possible impending death of the penny has piggy banks, give-a-penny-take-a-penny jars, ...

Nickels are 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. While all ...

but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and other metals. The most valuable silver coins sell for millions of dollars, but even ones worth much less ...

when it lost $92.6 million on the 5-cent coin. The price of nickel fell 27.1% last year, which could account for some of the drop in losses.For pennies, while the average price of copper increased ...

President Donald Trump said he’s instructed the Secretary of the US Treasury to stop making new pennies, writing that they “literally cost us more than 2 cents.” He’s right — in fact, each US penny ...