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Production Process: Unknown Coin Type: Uncirculated Denomination: Nickel Authorized Mintage Maximum: N/A Production Facility: Philadelphia; Denver Public Law Number: 108 Congressional Number: 15 Approval Date: 04/23/2003
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Return to Monticello Nickel - Jefferson 1800 - 2006
Production Process: Unknown Coin Type: Uncirculated Denomination: Nickel Authorized Mintage Maximum: N/A Production Facility: Philadelphia; Denver Public Law Number: 108 Congressional Number: 15 Approval Date: 04/23/2003
Obverse Description:
Obverse Designer 2:
Released on January 12, 2006, this coin was the fifth released in the Westward Journey Nickel Series™, completed the series commemorating the bicentennial of the Louisana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition. This coin highlights a forward facing design of President Thomas Jefferson. This design was the first time since the 1909 Lincoln cent that a circulating coin featured a Presidential design that was not in profile. The design coin was inspired by the Rembrandt Peale painting of 1800. The coin is inscribed: LIiberty - based upon Thomas Jefferson's own handwriting, In GOD We Trust, and 2006. President George W. Bush was was in office when this legislation was signed. Three United States Mint Directors, Jay W. Johnson of Wisconsin, Henrietta Holsman Fore of Nevada, and Edmund C. Moy of Wisconsin, served under President Bush's tenure.
Obverse Designer:
Jamie Franki - AIP Master Designer
Obverse Designer 2:
Donna Weaver
Reverse Description:
Reverse Designer 2:
The United States Mint themed this coin, Return to Monticello, because it features Felix Schlag's 1938 design of Monticello that was restored by Sculptor Engraver, John Mercanti. This restoration included changes to the facets of the dome of Monticello, a rework of the balconies of the building, and the detail around the door and windows was reworked to reflect more of Feliz Schlag's original work. President Jefferson designed Monticello, and as a skilled horticulturalist, planned all details for landscaping. Construction of Monticello began 1768, when Jefferson was 25, and was completed in 1823 when he was eighty. The coin is inscribed: E Pluribus Unum, United States of America, Monticello, and Five Cents.
Reverse Designer:
Flexi Schlag
Reverse Designer 2:
John Mercanti
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