Head Nickel News Today

The nickel has a long history in the U.S., 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 even made out of...

Some of Colorado's rarest coins have sold for millions of dollars in the Centennial State.

Some of Colorado's rarest coins have sold for millions of dollars in the Centennial State.

Some of Colorado's rarest coins have sold for millions of dollars in the Centennial State.

Some of Colorado's rarest coins have sold for millions of dollars in the Centennial State.

Some of Colorado's rarest coins have sold for millions of dollars in the Centennial State.

In 1883, the United States Mint issued a Liberty Head nickel design omitting the word "Cents" on the reverse. This led to some controversy.

An American coin at face value, whether it be heads or tails, might just seem worth the denomination or amount stamped on it. While that may have been true at one point in history, over the course of...

CoinWeek recommends the book Million Dollar Nickels: Mysteries of the Illicit 1913 Liberty Head Nickels Revealed...

There's an old saying about not taking any wooden nickels -- but what if that coin was enough to make you a millionaire? Not saying that a wooden nickel is worth that much money or even exists, but...