nickels

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Going from a bulky commercial hydrogen sensor to a smart device about the size of a stack of three nickels was a technical challenge like that of any consumer-health wearable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He also thinks the government savings from not producing pennies will be offset by the need for more nickels, which are worth five cents but cost nearly 14 cents to make.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

“We don’t take those wooden nickels anymore,” he said.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

This 35-year-old is stockpiling $250,000 in nickels as a bet against inflation: ‘This has zero downside.’

From MarketWatch • Oct. 22, 2025

In response the excited citizenry had shelled out precious nickels and quarters and dollars, raising an astonishing twelve thousand dollars to send the crews east.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown