How much does a nickel cost?
A nickel doesn't necessarily cost anything. To receive a nickel
though, you have to either trade in another value of money and ask
for that quantity instead. The value of the nickel is 5 cents but
it doesn't necessarily cost anything.
Correction If you're referring to the value of a nickel to a
coin collector, it depends on the coin's date, condition, and mint
mark. Pretty much anything found in change today isn't worth more
than 5 cents but older nickels can be worth anywhere from a dime to
many hundreds of thousands of dollars - - - but as noted, "it
depends".
In the first decade of the 21st century, commodity prices for
copper and nickel, which make up the five-cent coin, rose
dramatically, pushing the cost of manufacturing a nickel from 3.46
cents in fiscal year 2003 to 10.09 cents in fiscal year 2012.