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<p>[QUOTE="jessash1976, post: 614176, member: 17086"]<b>Hello everybody!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I live in Owosso and would like to help out if I could. Felix Schlag's old Studio was located about 500 ft. from where I live currently. To bad the bank next to it took over that spot when they expanded years ago. There is nothing left onsite see now. I have lived in Owosso all my life, and know a lot about it's history. It saddens me that Felix's name is not even mentioned in those books. I checked out Wikipedia for some quick info on him. </p><p><b>Felix Oscar Schlag</b> (December 4, 1891 – March 9, 1974) was the designer of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_five_cent_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_five_cent_coin" rel="nofollow">United States five cent coin</a> in use from 1938 to 2004.</p><p> He was born to Karl and Teresa Schlag in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt" rel="nofollow">Frankfurt</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" rel="nofollow">Germany</a>, and moved to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow">United States</a> in 1929. As a teenager, Schlag served in the German army of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" rel="nofollow">World War I</a>.</p><p> On April 21, 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Tayloe_Ross" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Tayloe_Ross" rel="nofollow">Nellie Tayloe Ross</a>, Director of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint" rel="nofollow">United States Mint</a>. Schlag won $1,000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" rel="nofollow">United States dollars</a> for his winning design of the coin; he had been an award-winning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist" rel="nofollow">artist</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" rel="nofollow">Europe</a>. Sadly, his prize money was spent on his wife's funeral. In the 1930s, Felix won several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture" rel="nofollow">sculptural</a> commissions and art prizes.</p><p> Schlag accepted the offer of the American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government" rel="nofollow">government</a> to place his initials, FS, on the nickel beginning in 1966.</p><p> The designer relocated to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owosso,_Michigan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owosso,_Michigan" rel="nofollow">Owosso, Michigan</a>, where he died and is buried. He and his wife Anna, whom he married in 1920, had three children: Feliza (1920), Leo (1921), and Hilda (1929). A memorial was placed by the Michigan State Numismatic Society on September 14, 2008.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jessash1976, post: 614176, member: 17086"][b]Hello everybody![/b] I live in Owosso and would like to help out if I could. Felix Schlag's old Studio was located about 500 ft. from where I live currently. To bad the bank next to it took over that spot when they expanded years ago. There is nothing left onsite see now. I have lived in Owosso all my life, and know a lot about it's history. It saddens me that Felix's name is not even mentioned in those books. I checked out Wikipedia for some quick info on him. [B]Felix Oscar Schlag[/B] (December 4, 1891 – March 9, 1974) was the designer of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_five_cent_coin"]United States five cent coin[/URL] in use from 1938 to 2004. He was born to Karl and Teresa Schlag in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt"]Frankfurt[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany"]Germany[/URL], and moved to the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/URL] in 1929. As a teenager, Schlag served in the German army of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I"]World War I[/URL]. On April 21, 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Tayloe_Ross"]Nellie Tayloe Ross[/URL], Director of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint"]United States Mint[/URL]. Schlag won $1,000 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar"]United States dollars[/URL] for his winning design of the coin; he had been an award-winning [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist"]artist[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe"]Europe[/URL]. Sadly, his prize money was spent on his wife's funeral. In the 1930s, Felix won several [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture"]sculptural[/URL] commissions and art prizes. Schlag accepted the offer of the American [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government"]government[/URL] to place his initials, FS, on the nickel beginning in 1966. The designer relocated to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owosso,_Michigan"]Owosso, Michigan[/URL], where he died and is buried. He and his wife Anna, whom he married in 1920, had three children: Feliza (1920), Leo (1921), and Hilda (1929). A memorial was placed by the Michigan State Numismatic Society on September 14, 2008.[/QUOTE]
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