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« on: September 13, 2013, 05:41:04 am »
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Felix Schlag designed our Jefferson nickel, and this is what his original design for the back of the nickel looked like.

Luckily for all of us, the Treasury secretary told him to try again.  His next attempt gave us the nickel reverse side we're all familiar with today.

And by the way, did you know our Jefferson nickel was designed by a man who fought against the United States in World War I?

Felix Schlag was a German soldier in that war, but in 1929 he became an American citizen, and in 1938 his design was chosen for the Jefferson nickel.

The Jefferson nickel might never have been, except for the problems the Buffalo nickel was causing.

And the prize money Mr. Schlag won for his design was just about enough to pay for his wife's funeral.

This podcast tells these and other fascinating tales about the history of our Jefferson nickel.

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That's very interesting Dan!  It sure would have been different it Treasury had accepted it!

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Government can not give anything to anyone...  without first taking it from someone else!

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