The Jefferson Nickel was first minted in 1938 after the new designed was picked from a Mint contest. The designer of both the obverse and reverse was Felix Schlag. His initial design remained almost unchanged until 2004. It incorporates a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the obverse facing to the left. On the reverse is Jefferson's home in Virginia: Monticello. The design change in 2004 was a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and Louis and Clark's expedition into it. There are two different reverses for this year: one featuring a reproduction of the Indian Peace Medal awarded to Louis and Clark, and a second depicting the boat they used. In 2005 another two reverses were chosen, the first featuring a buffalo similar to what was on the previous type of nickel, th
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| - The Jefferson Nickel was first minted in 1938 after the new designed was picked from a Mint contest. The designer of both the obverse and reverse was Felix Schlag. His initial design remained almost unchanged until 2004. It incorporates a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the obverse facing to the left. On the reverse is Jefferson's home in Virginia: Monticello. The design change in 2004 was a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and Louis and Clark's expedition into it. There are two different reverses for this year: one featuring a reproduction of the Indian Peace Medal awarded to Louis and Clark, and a second depicting the boat they used. In 2005 another two reverses were chosen, the first featuring a buffalo similar to what was on the previous type of nickel, th
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| - The Jefferson Nickel was first minted in 1938 after the new designed was picked from a Mint contest. The designer of both the obverse and reverse was Felix Schlag. His initial design remained almost unchanged until 2004. It incorporates a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the obverse facing to the left. On the reverse is Jefferson's home in Virginia: Monticello. The design change in 2004 was a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and Louis and Clark's expedition into it. There are two different reverses for this year: one featuring a reproduction of the Indian Peace Medal awarded to Louis and Clark, and a second depicting the boat they used. In 2005 another two reverses were chosen, the first featuring a buffalo similar to what was on the previous type of nickel, the buffalo nickel, and the second featuring a few of the Pacific Ocean with Clark's original diary entry. During 2004 the obverse was the same Schlag design, however, the 2005 featured a new profile of Jefferson facing right. These four coins are known collectively as the Westward Journey series. In 2006, Monticello once again returned to the reverse of the coin, but the obverse was changed again. It now features a portrait of Jefferson facing forward. With the new portraits in 2005 and 2006 came an additional change to the obverse. Instead of having the traditional block LIBERTY inscription, it was changed to a cursive inscription taken from one of Thomas Jefferson's writings.
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