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Photographer’s Image Basis for Ocean in View Nickel Design

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,...

Coin Specifications

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...

The Extraordinary Frasers

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,...

Return to Monticello Nickel

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...

Ocean in View Nickel

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....