Above: The Jefferson Nickel was designed by Felix Schlag in 1938, and was the result of a competition by the New Deal's Treasury Section of Painting & Sculpture. The image above, featuring photos from the Associated Press and Harris & Ewing, comes from the Evening Star (Washington, DC), April 22, 1938, p. A-9, courtesy of the Library of Congress, and used here for educational and non-commercial purposes.
Above: Felix Schlag's winning design. The Jefferson Nickel replaced the Buffalo, or Indian- Head nickel. Associated Press photo, in the Boston Globe, 4-22-1938, newspapers.com, used here for educational and non-commercial purposes.
Above: A closer view of the reverse side of Schlag's winning design, from the previous photo.
Above: Schlag worked with the U.S. Mint to create the final nickel design. From 1938 to 2004, tens of billions of the Schlag-designed Jefferson nickels were minted. Starting in 1966, the initials "FS" (Felix Schlag) were added to the nickel. Image from the Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year 1939.
Above: Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the U.S. Mint, and Edward Bruce, Treasury art official, inspect the many competition designs for the new Jefferson nickel, Washington, DC, April 20, 1938. Photo by Harris & Ewing, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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