But those days are long gone. Now the Canadian “nickel” — like our dime, quarter and 50-cent piece — is a slug of steel plated in a copper-nickel alloy. So forget the emotional attachment.

For the 2011 fiscal year, production of the dime, quarter and $1 coin for circulation generated seigniorage of $488.8 million, offsetting the losses from the penny and nickel.

Cost to make penny, nickel, dime and quarter By the numbers: The cost of making a penny increased 20% in the 2024 fiscal year, the Treasury told Axios.

The impending "death" of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin's own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value.

The U.S. government is losing money on the penny, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin's own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value. Coin production costs vary thanks to different ...

(A dime still costs less than a nickel to fashion, and a quarter costs less than a dime.) Not that penny-ante irony is giving Uncle Sam second thoughts: the undaunted Mint is on track to produce 8 ...

QUARTER: You were with the soldier when they were killed DIME: You served with them in some capacity NICKEL: You trained at boot camp with them PENNY: You stopped and paid your respects ...

Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value.