What is a nickel worth? Five cents? What about hundreds of dollars? This year, the United States Mint and the U.S. Federal Reserve are shortchanging the five-cent piece. Usually minting over 1 billion ...

Buffalo nickels are not only nostalgic coins but also potentially worth much more than five cents to rare coin collectors.

For coin collectors and treasure hunters, few discoveries match the thrill of finding a rare nickel hiding in plain sight. While most people think of nickels as simple five-cent pieces, certain ...

Last year, the United States Mint pressed the last penny. Penny preservationists warned that the death of the one-cent coin might seed dire consequences: coin shortages at checkout counters; confusion ...