On April 23, 1938 a new coin was announced!

Zoins

Here's a great front page newspaper article announcing Felix Schlag's winning nickel design. Of note, this is his original winning design entry before the Mint had him change it.

Here's the new nickel you'll be handing out when storekeepers say "Five cents, please" next fall. The obverse side, at left, bears a portrait of Thomas Jefferson while the reverse side shows his home at Monticello. It is a lucky coin for Felix Schlag, of Chicago. Art judges flipped 390 plaster models and picked Schlag's design to win the $1000 prize. An American citizen, the 46-year-old winner is German-born, but came here in 1929 because "there are more opportunities here".

Of note, Schlag was born in Germany like other prominent American engravers like Mint engraver Adam Pietz.

This is from qrst on the bay.

ShaunBC5

I like that reverse. With the tree, it reminds me of some foreign stuff I’ve been looking at.

coinsarefun

We need an example posted....
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Zoins

@coinsarefun said:
We need an example posted....

Or two!

Thanks!

johnny9434

I really like that design

Catbert

I’ll take Wally’s gold bathtub!

ricko

I prefer the full front view of Monticello.... The side picture makes it look like a hotel. Cheers, RickO

ThreeCentSilverFL

I like the reverse, but no FS? We’d be counting the rooftop balustrades instead...

Kyle

@ricko said:
I prefer the full front view of Monticello.... The side picture makes it look like a hotel. Cheers, RickO

I agree - I always found this design to be very cartoony.

ambro51

Here we had the Buffalo Nickel, possibly the most iconic design ever on an American coin...and the legal 25 years POOF it’s gone and for 82 years we’ve looked at that flat squished engraving of Jefferson that really doesn’t look a whole lot like Jefferson and a Building That the only thing collectors care about is how many steps you can see. They should have pulled the plug in 2012, Struck Five dated 2013 then went back to the Buffalo.

MsMorrisine

love the font

koynekwest

I prefer the original design. Better yet, just continue with the Buffalo design.