September 8, 2005 -
WASHINGTON — The United States Mint is crediting a photograph by Andrew E. Cier of Astoria, Oregon, as a basis for artist Joe Fitzgerald’s image on the reverse of the 2005 Ocean in View nickel. Mr. Cier, a professional photographer,...
August 5, 2005 -
New Five–Cent Coin Presented for the First Time on the West Coast
August 1, 2005 -
WASHINGTON — The United States Mint announced today that the second 2005–dated 5–cent coin (nickel) of the Westward Journey Nickel Series™, featuring the new “Ocean in View” reverse design, will be available in two–roll sets and bags on August 1,...
July 28, 2005 -
SAN FRANCISCO — The United States Mint announced today that the 1938 classic rendition of President Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia home of Monticello by Felix Schlag will return to the reverse of the Nation’s 2006 nickel. However, the design will be...
July 21, 2006 -
Washington — Recently signed legislation authorizes the United States Mint once again to sell products containing the popular 2004 and 2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series™ 5 — cent coins (nickels). The United States Mint’s remaining bags and rolls of nickels,...
April 24, 2003 -
United States Mint Director: “We are in a renaissance of coin design.”
April 28, 2022 -
How much does a dime weigh? What are pennies made of? Find out in the table below, which gives specifications for U.S. Mint legal tender coins presently in production for annual sets. Specifications for the American Innovation $1 Coins and...
November 15, 2016 -
By Brian J. Martin September 7, 2016 Did you know? The same artist sculpted the statue of Alexander Hamilton in front of the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C., and the Buffalo Nickel first introduced in 1913. Did you know,...
January 8, 2021 -
The U.S. Mint first issued the Return to Monticello Nickel in 2006, following the end of the Westward Journey Nickel Series. The “Jefferson, 1800” obverse design features, for the first time in history, a forward-looking portrait of Thomas Jefferson. The...
January 8, 2021 -
In 2004 and 2005, the U.S. Mint commemorated the bicentennials of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition with the Westward Journey Nickel Series. The Ocean in View Nickel is the last of four coins in the series....