The portrait on the 2006 Nickel is the first forward-facing portrait of a President on a circulating coin.Īll 10 coins are displayed with information about the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the Westward Journey Nickels collection. The 2006 coin features Jefferson's home at Monticello in Virginia on the reverse, as well as a new portrait of Jefferson. The word Liberty next to Jefferson's portrait is in Jefferson's handwriting. 2005 coins also include a new one-year-only portrait of Jefferson on the obverse. Reverses of 2005 coins show a buffalo and the Pacific Ocean to symbolize the end of the Expedition. Headed by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, the Corps of Discovery Expedition took place from May 1804 to September 1806. Set Highlights: This set contains one 1 oz.
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Jefferson was President at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804-1806. These limited mintage coins commemorate the crucial role Native Americans played in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. There, Lewis and Clark met a French-Canadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau and hired him as an interpreter. In November of 1804 the Corps crossed paths with a friendly tribe near present day North Dakota and set up camp near their village for the Winter.
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Reverses of 2004 coins show the Peace Medal design and the Keelboat design to symbolize the start of the Expedition the obverse is the original portrait of Thomas Jefferson that first appeared on the Nickel in 1938. Some were friendly to the Corps, but others were hostile.
Lewis and clark corps of discovery coin set plus#
This set includes the complete collection of four Westward Journey Nickels issued in 20 from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, plus the 2006 Return to Monticello Nickel from Philadelphia and Denver.Įach coin was struck for circulation at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints and features a one-time-only reverse design that was issued for only a few months. These were the first commemorative Nickels in U.S. Mint struck a series of commemorative Nickels for the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.