Buffalo Nickel Returns
Among the coins to be released this year, the U.S. Mint reintroduces the buffalo nickel.
“The 2005 American Bison nickel will look significantly different from any nickels you’ve seen,” [United States Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore] told the crowd. “It marks the first time that the image of President Jefferson has ever changed on the nickel, and we have the word “Liberty” in his handwriting.” Looking at Cody, the live Buffalo, she added, “There is a beautiful, strong, classic American bison on the reverse.”
The libertarian in me just soiled himself.