Jefferson nickel
From 1938 until 2004, the copper-nickel coin’s obverse featured a profile depiction of founding father and third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson by artist Felix Schlag. Since 2006 Jefferson’s portrayal, newly designed by Jamie Franki, faces forward. The coin’s reverse is still the Schlag original, although in 2004 and 2005 the piece bore commemorative designs.
