For what it's worth, from the article: > Even if the Mint has to make only 850,000 additional nickels in 2025 to meet demand, that would wipe out any savings f

For what it's worth, from the article: > Even if the Mint has to make only 850,000 additional nickels in 2025 to meet demand, that would wipe out any savings from eliminating the penny. If the Mint goes back up to making 1.4 million nickels a year, that would cost $78 million more than any savings from the pennies it stopped producing.