Historic Nickel with Forward-Facing Jefferson Heads into Circulation

United States Mint Press Office ^ | January 12, 2006 | US MINT PRESS OFFICE

[RayBob]

For all the coin collectors. I preferred the buffalo reverse of 2005 to the Montecello reverse, but they at least updated it and restored Schlag's Motecello, using Schlag’s original work. I like it. I hope that they update the other coins too. Look for four (4) new penny designs in 2009.

[highball]

How come we can get coin redesigns so "right," and our paper money redesigns are so off?

[KarlInOhio]

Did people eat the 2004 and 2005 designs for breakfast? I think I saw them two or three times in circulation.

[Cicero]

The guys who design the paper bills must have designed the Susan B. Anthony and the Sacagewa dollar coins. But I agree with you about the rest of the coins.

[null and void]

I like the Sacagewa dollar.

Am I deformed?

[Cicero]

Chacun à son goût. Who am I to criticize?

[highball]

I like the Susan B. dollar, except for the size.

[BluH2o]

The U.S. Mint released the U.S. Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar last August. Only 600 thousand were minted, the Mint quickly sold out ... they are now selling for twice to three times their original value of $35 to $40. Coins, collectors know, can be a excellent investment.

[abb]

I may be full of th*t, but I don't think the dollar coin will ever be sucessful until they make one the size of the old Morgan Cartwheels. It's a matter of perception...

[NC28203]

>>>How come we can get coin redesigns so "right," and our paper money redesigns are so off?

I don't think there is as much concern about people counterfeiting nickles as there is with $20 bills, so one can focus on the artwork as opposed to security.

[RayBob]

Here's a better look:

[jim35]

I was really hoping that they'd go for the buffalo on the reverse. And, I really preferred the profile of Jefferson. Oh well. I also would have liked having a dollar coin, so my opinion may be skewed.

[lesser_satan]

I love the Susan B. dollar. A place I used to work at had the vending machines in the break room set up to take them, and a change machine that would spit them out if you put in a bill bigger than $1.

[glorgau]

This should put an end to the rampant nickel counterfeiting that is happening overseas!

[RightWhale]

Just coming off the anvils and already historic. Things sure happen fast these days.

[apackof2]

Its nice, I like it

[Glenn]

Just coming off the anvils and already historic.

U.S. Mint marketing strategy. Guess it offsets the cost of running the joint.

[RayBob]

I have to admit, I would have been disappointed if they went back to Felix Schlag's original obverse design.

I would have loved to see Laura Gardin Fraser's design for the Washington Quarter used (at least the mint saw fit to use if for a commemorative five dollar gold coin:

[RayBob]

I think they say its historic because its the first time a circulating coin has a front facing portrait, but point taken...

[PAR35]

I like the Susan B. dollar, except for the size.

And the color, and the politics, and the ugly depiction.

Now the Ike dollar was a real coin. And bring back the Ben Franklin half.