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What it costs the United States Mint to make each coin, taken from the unit cost table in its own annual report. Each guide names the fiscal year the figure is for, because the Mint publishes a new one every year.

3 guides, 3 of them carrying sourced price figures. United States · US dollars. Headline figures checked on 8 October 2026.

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How much does it cost to make a penny? 3.02 cents to make and distribute one penny, fiscal year 2025 Checked 8 October 2026 How much does it cost to make a nickel? 13.31 cents to make and distribute one five-cent nickel, fiscal year 2025 Checked 8 October 2026 How much does it cost to make a dime? 6.77 cents to make and distribute one ten-cent dime, fiscal year 2025 Checked 8 October 2026
What each guide here publishes

A bar for each guide above that publishes sourced price figures, 3 of them, sized by how many figures it carries.

A bar for each guide above that publishes sourced price figures, 3 of them, sized by how many figures it carries.

Make a penny 8 figures
Make a nickel 8 figures
Make a dime 8 figures

Counted from the same data the guides are built from. Each figure counted here is a headline stat or a priced table row on that guide, and every one names its source and that source's date on its own page.

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