2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series Coin Set This set includes six nickels with both the American Bison and Ocean View nickel designs for 2005:two uncirculated 'P' nickelstwo uncirculated 'D' nickelsand two proof 'S' nickelsOGP. This set comes in original government packaging, box and clear protective case (as shown) with COA. 2005-D Jefferson Nickel, Ocean in View. $0.99 Denver Mint. Grade: Uncirculated (SKU: 5403.60) View Grading Guide Quantity. Add to Cart Add to Wish List.

In 2005, there were 1,747,889,358 nickels minted by all mints of which there were 939,344,679 minted of the Bison variety. Hope this helps you.

1. The Jefferson nickel has been the five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint since 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo 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; the obverse design used in 2005 was also in profile, though by Joe Fitzgerald.
2. In 2005, the U.S. Mint included a new image of Jefferson on the front of the nickel to give a more modern look to the coin. The image was designed by Joe Fitzgerald. The Mint also planned two different reverse sides of the coin along the theme of 'a Westward Journey.' One design featured the American bison, and the other depicted.

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2005 Nickel Lewis And Clark 1805

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The Story

The second reverse design of 2005 shows a view of the Pacific Ocean, the goal that the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached after more than a year of hard travel. The scene surrounds a quote written by Captain Clark: “Ocean in view! O! The joy!” This design is based on a photograph by Andrew E. Cier of Astoria, Oregon.

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Hopes were dashed when the Expedition proved that the Missouri River was not part of a Northwest Passage across the continent by water and that there were two mountain ranges to cross instead of one. Still, less than a century later, the continent was crossed by telegraph and railroad lines that brought the eastern and western coasts together in ways hard to imagine in Lewis and Clark’s time. Today, with cars, airplanes, telephones, and computers, the distance between coasts seems even shorter…but the steps that Lewis and Clark took were among the first to bring them so close together.

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