Nickels may not seem like much, but before you try to get rid of them, better check they aren’t some of the few in circulation worth a small fortune.

Dimes, for example, only cost about 5 cents to make (5.76 cents ... in between to layers of copper. The nickel, on the other hand, isn't a clad coin at all, which explains why its size is quite ...

The nickel has a long history in U.S. money, though it wasn’t the country’s first 5-cent coin. That honor goes to a “half-dime” that first appeared in 1794. Early 5-cent pieces weren’t ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A coin worth 5 cents helped a man win thousands of dollars playing the Arkansas Lottery. The “lucky nickel” is part of the daily lottery player’s routine ...

The nickel is no bargain, with each 5-cent coin costing almost 14 cents to make, according to the U.S. Mint. Herman Berliner, a professor of economics at Hofstra University, said Monday the ...

A coin worth 5 cents helped a man win thousands of dollars playing the Arkansas Lottery. The “lucky nickel” is part of the daily lottery player’s routine, he told officials. When he took his ticket ...