Liberty Head Nickels (V)
By the early 1880s there was broad agreement that the Shield nickel had run its course. The design had been widely criticized since its introduction in 1866, its copper-nickel alloy continued to…
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Buffalo Nickels
Theodore Roosevelt's conviction that American coins were artistically unworthy of the republic had set off a transformation that began with his private correspondence with sculptor Augustus…
Jefferson Nickels
In January 1938, the Mint announced an open competition for the nickel's new design, specifying that entries must feature Thomas Jefferson on the obverse and his home, Monticello, on the reverse,…
Shield Nickels
The Shield nickel did not arrive as an artistic triumph. It arrived as a solution to a crisis, designed under time pressure by an engraver who had been blocked from his preferred approach, hammered…