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Change for nickel: Mint preparing new 5-cent piece

By Annette Espinoza
Denver Post Staff Writer


Post / Craig F. Walker
Thomas Anderson of the Denver Mint shows a new
nickel. The front still features the profile of
Thomas Jefferson, but the back honors the Louisiana
Purchase. In the fall, another design will honor
the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Banks, grocery stores, purses and pockets will soon be carrying shiny new nickels minted in Denver that commemorate the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and honor American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

The new look is the first for nickels since 1938.

They are the first of four designs in the Mint's Westward Journey nickel series.

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