It features the third president and founding father of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson, on the obverse and his house, dubbed Monticello, on the reverse. Nickel was used in coins because of its low cost ...

It appears that San Francisco die was repunched at Denver. This nickel is considered valuable because the engraved words ‘Monticello’ and ‘Five Cents’ are strongly die doubled. It means ...

The image of President Jefferson has not changed since it first appeared on the nickel in 1938. With this redesign, the Sage of Monticello goes into sharper, close-cropped profile on the front of ...

On the reverse of the nickel, you can see Jefferson's famous Virginia estate, known as Monticello. In 2006, the portrait on the nickel changed slightly, but Jefferson remained. The nickel is by fa ...