WASHINGTON – Coming soon to a cash register near you — a smiling Thomas Jefferson looking straight at you from a new nickel that will end nearly a century of tradition for U.S. coins. The Mint plans ...

U.S. coins worth five cents have been around since 1794, but they were called “half dimes” during the early decades. The term “nickel” wasn’t (um) coined until 1866, though the smaller half dime ...

There's change in store for Thomas Jefferson — on the nickel that is. He's getting his first makeover since being put on the coin in 1938. The makers of the nation's coins, the U.S. Mint, unveiled ...

Washington – After nearly 100 years of depicting presidents in somber profiles on the nation’s coins, the Mint is trying something different: The new nickel features Thomas Jefferson, facing forward, ...