nickels
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At night, Hig and Bangley play poker with stacks of $5,000 bills that they throw around as casually as nickels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“We have to do a better job to find those pennies out there—those pennies, nickels and dimes to save and not turn the lights on until you need to,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
She reached into her man’s pants and poured a lot of nickels, dimes, pennies, and some quarters into my hands.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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