Claim: "Currently it costs more than a penny for the U.S. Mint to make a one cent coin and more than a nickel to make the five cent piece."
Fact-check: Steve Rothman says it costs more to make a penny and nickel than the coins are worth
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Erin O'Neill
Date published: 2011-11-24T00:00:00