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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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Westward Journey Series - American Bison - 2005
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 February 28, 2005, this coin was the thrid nickel released in the Westward Journey Series™. This coin highlights a new design of Thomas Jefferson for the first time in 67 years. The design was based on the marble bust of Jefferson by the French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon, completed in 1789, and made agre-appropriate by utilizing later paintings by gilbert Stuart and Rembrandt Peale. The coin is inscribed: Liberty - based upon Jefferson's own handwriting, In God We Trust and 2005. 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:
Joe Fitzgerald - AIP Master Designer
Obverse Designer 2:
Don Everhart
Reverse Description:
Reverse Designer 2:
This coin, themed American Bison, features a side -view of an American bison grazing. The postmark of February 28, 2005, Washburn, North Dakota, marked the day that the American Bison nickels was released to the Federal Reserve Bank and to the public. The American Bison nickel is the third design in the Westward Journey Nickel Series™,
Reverse Designer:
Jamie Franki - AIP Artist
Reverse Designer 2:
Norman E. Nemeth
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