Thursday, March 04, 2004
Look for New Nickels in the Farebox
Mercury News | 03/04/2004 | Nickel makeover is first in 66 years:
New nickels honoring the 1803 Louisiana Purchase will soon be clinking in cash registers and jangling in pockets. It's the first makeover for the five-cent piece in 66 years.The back of the new coins look different, while the front looks the same, retaining the image of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States.
Millions of the new nickels have been shipped to the Federal Reserve, supplier of the nation's cash. They should start showing up in change in several weeks, officials of the U.S. Mint said...
Another nickel honoring the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark expedition will be released in the late summer or early fall, Mint officials say.
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