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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26061431, member: 4626&quot;]Well everything has exceptions.&nbsp; Congress can pass legislation that changes a coin design whenever they want.&nbsp; But if the design&#039;s been running at least 25 years, the Secretary of the Treasury can change it without waiting for Congress&#039;s say-so basically.&nbsp; I think your interpretation is correct, but that&#039;s not how they&#039;ve treated it... they&#039;ve treated it as if it means every 25 years, not once within 25 years.&nbsp; (But regardless they&#039;ve made multiple exceptions anyway; the Washington quarter was introduced when the Standing Liberty design was only 16 years old.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The current obverse of the Jefferson nickel only dates back to 2006, but the reverse is essentially the same as it&#039;s been since 1938 (except for 2004-2005).</p><p><br /></p><p>Other random thoughts:</p><p>The tiny eagle on the reverse is somewhat ironic, considering that Benjamin Franklin was not fond of the eagle, and suggested the turkey should have been our national symbol instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>In an alternate universe where the Franklin halves continued to the bicentennial, Independence Hall would seem even more appropriate on the reverse.&nbsp; Also Washington and Franklin would have had far more connection to the events being commemorated, leaving Eisenhower as the odd one out lol.&nbsp; Still surprised they didn&#039;t do anything with the Jefferson nickel for the bicentennial.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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