American Numismatic Society: Cupronickel 5 cent of US Mint, Denver (Colo.), 2005. 2005.51.1

Object Type: Coin
Date: 2005
Date on Object
- Date: 2005
Denomination: 5 cent
Material: Cupronickel
Authority
- Issuer: US Mint
- Artist: Joe Fitzgerald, Don Everhart, Donna Weaver
Geographic
- Mint: Denver (Colo.)
- Region: United States
Obverse
- Legend: IN GOD WE TRUST/LIBERTY/2005
- Type: bust of Thomas Jefferson r.
- Symbol: mint mark "D" at 5 in the field
Reverse
- Legend: E PLURIBUS UNUM.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.LEWIS and CLARK 1805.FIVE CENTS//Ocean/in view!/O! The joy!
- Type: pine trees on cliff with distant rocks and the Pacific ocean in the background
- Symbol: engraver's initials: "DW"

The obverse for the 2005 nickels bear a new likeness of America's third president Thomas Jefferson based on the marble bust of Jefferson by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon completed in 1789; the design was made age-appropriate to his presidency by utilizing later paintings by Gilbert Stuart and Rembrandt Peale. The reverse features a scene of the Pacific ocean and an inscription reflecting an excited entry in the journal of Captain William Clark on November 7, 1805. The designs for both the obverse and reverse were created by the United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist, Joe Fitzgerald, of Silver Spring, Maryland. The obverse was sculpted by US Mint sculptor-engraver Don Everhart; the reverse was sculpted by US Mint sculptor-engraver Donna Weaver.

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
Rights: Copyright Undetermined

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Cupronickel 5 cent of US Mint, Denver (Colo.), 2005. 2005.51.1