Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you'll have good luck. Find a penny, melt it, and you could get locked up. Effective today, the U.S. Mint has implemented an interim rule that makes it illegal to ...

WASHINGTON – Given rising metal prices, the pennies and nickels in your pocket are worth more melted down than their face value – and that has the government worried. U.S. Mint officials said ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Amid war in Ukraine and market chaos, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Amid war in Ukraine and market chaos, nickels are now worth more in melted metal than their face value. But before you empty the piggy bank and fire up a smelter in the yard, ...