U.S. Mint Unveils New Designs For Nickel Coins. There's change in store for Thomas Jefferson — on the nickel that is. He's getting his first makeover since being put on the coin in 1938.

In unveiling the design Tuesday, U.S. Mint (search) officials said they believed the new image of Jefferson was an appropriate way to commemorate his support for expanding the country through the ...

It will feature Jefferson’s Monticello home on the reverse side – but in an image updated from the Monticello that first appeared on the nickel in 1938. The image of Jefferson will be ...

WASHINGTON – Thomas Jefferson appears bolder and bigger on new 5-cent pieces, ... The maker of the nation's coins, the U.S. Mint, revealed designs for two new nickels to be issued in 2005.

Heads, a Bolder Likeness of Jefferson Tails, a Bison or the Pacific. By Associated Press. September 16, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. There's change in store for Thomas Jefferson -- on the nickel, that is.

Another new nickel on the way: On Thursday, the U.S. Mint will unveil its third nickel design in the past two years. September 13, 2004: 5:40 PM EDT ...

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The last change to the nickel's design was in 1938. The current Jefferson and Monticello images replaced what was known as the "buffalo nickel," which had been in circulation since 1913.

Thomas Jefferson’s chiseled profile has for decades gazed off to the left side of the nickel, as if scanning the west in search of those intrepid explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ...

The 1964 nickel, a Jefferson Nickel, features a design that has remained largely unchanged since its introduction in 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo Nickel.

Over the next seven years, the Mint produced nickels and silver half dimes, before phasing out the half dimes. There are four ...

U.S. coins worth five cents have been around since 1794, but they were called "half dimes" during the early decades. The term "nickel" wasn't (um) coined until 1866, though the smaller half dime ...