The nickel is a five-cent coin,
representing a unit of currency equaling one-twentieth, or five
hundredths, of one United States dollar.
The nickel's design since 1938 has
featured a profile of President Thomas Jefferson on the obverse. From
1938 to 2003, Monticello was featured on the reverse.
For 2004 and 2005, nickels featured
new designs to commemorate the bicentennials of the Louisiana Purchase
and the Lewis and Clark Expedition; these new designs were called the
Westward Journey nickel series. In
2006, Monticello returned to the reverse, while a new image of
Jefferson facing forward was featured on the obverse. | 
