Dan's 21st Century Proof Type Set
5C JEFFERSON RETURN TO MONTICELLO (2006-DATE)
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
FIVE-CENT PIECES - JEFFERSON, PROOF |
| Item Description: |
5C 2008 S |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Owner: |
Dan Highley |
Owner Comments:
2008 5C S JEFFERSON NICKEL - PF 70 - RETURN TO MONTICELLO (PORTRAIT LABEL)
In 2006, the nickel returned to using Felix Schlag's Monticello design on a newly cast reverse. The obverse design for the nickel debuting in 2006 was designed by Jamie Franki. It depicts a forward-facing Jefferson based on an 1800 study by Rembrandt Peale, and includes "Liberty" in Jefferson's script. According to Acting Mint Director David Lebryk, "The image of a forward-facing Jefferson is a fitting tribute to his vision." It is the first U.S. circulating coin that features the image of a President facing forward. The reverse beginning in 2006 was again Schlag's Monticello design, but newly sharpened by Mint engravers. As Schlag's obverse design, on which his initials were placed in 1966, is no longer used, his initials were placed on the reverse to the right of Monticello.