House Democrats have sponsored legislation to change the metal content of coins, outraged that it costs a dime to make a nickel. House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Domestic ...

Carelyn E. Campbell remembers learning about materials science from a National Geographic magazine article she read as a high school student in 1987. “The goal to be able to design materials for ...

Further evidence that times are tough: It now costs more than a penny to make a penny. And the cost of a nickel is more than 7 1/2 cents. Surging prices for copper, zinc and nickel have some in ...

It may be time for the United States to rethink how the smallest parts of its monetary system — the penny, nickel and dime – are made. According to a report this week from watchdogs at the Government ...

When something costs more than the benefit you’d get out of it, simple economics — common sense, really — says it wouldn’t be a wise purchase. What if you’re talking about money itself? When it costs ...

It’s still costing the U.S. government a pretty penny to make chump change. Thanks to rising metal prices, since 2006 the U.S. Mint has had to spend more money to produce and distribute nickels and ...

Further evidence that times are tough: It now costs more than a penny to make a penny. And the cost of a nickel is more than 7½ cents. Surging prices for copper, zinc and nickel have some in Congress ...

It's a common recession-era trope: hard-hit Americans are "clutching every last nickel." But there's good news for these frugal nickel clutchers: they may be buying into the investment opportunity of ...