The Jefferson nickel has been the five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint since 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo nickel. Since 2006, the copper-nickel coin's obverse has featured a forward-facing portrayal of early U.S. President Thomas Jefferson by Jamie Franki. The coin's reverse is the original by Felix Schlag; in 2004 and 2005, the piece bore commemorative designs. The Mint conducted a competition for a new nickel depicting Jefferson and his home, Monticello, which Schlag won, but was required to submit an entirely new reverse and make other changes. The new piece went into production in October 1938 and was released on November 15. As nickel was a strategic war material during World War II, nickels coined from 1942 to 1945 were struck in a copper- silver-manganese alloy which would not require adjustment to vending machines, and bear a large mint mark above the depiction of Monticello on the reverse. In 2004 and 2005, the nickel saw new designs as part of the Westward Journey nickel series, and since 2006 has borne Schlag's reverse and Franki's obverse.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_nickel
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1315:
A 1,500-strong force from the Swiss Confederacy ambushed a group of Austrian soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire on the shores of Lake Ägerisee in Switzerland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Morgarten
1688:
Prince William of Orange landed at Brixham in Devon, on his way to depose his father-in-law King James II, the last Catholic monarch of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution
1889:
Brazilian Emperor Pedro II was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca, and Brazil was proclaimed a republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_and_fall_of_Pedro_II_of_Brazil
1943:
The Holocaust: Heinrich Himmler ordered that Romanies were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porajmos
1983:
Turkish Cypriots on the northeastern portion of Cyprus declared the creation of a new state known as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which currently remains recognised only by Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
Easter egg: 1. A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter and usually hidden for children to find. 2. A chocolate confection in the shape of an egg. 3. (computing) An undocumented function hidden in a program or video game, typically triggered by a particular input sequence or combination of keystrokes. 4. Any image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc, in a movie, trailer, or poster. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Easter_egg
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me — so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. --Georgia O'Keeffe https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe
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