Thanks to rises in metal prices in recent years, nickels and some pennies are worth more than their face value. Nickels, which have been made up of 25% nickel and 75% copper since 1946, are today worth 5.9 cents apiece. But the real deal is with pennies made prior to 1982, when the U.S. Mint stopped making them of 95% copper. Those pre-1982 one-cent coins are actually worth 2.4 cents

-Noel Brinkerhoff

 

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