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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brocster, post: 89580, member: 2744&quot;]I don&#039;t think there&#039;s anything to worry about with the &#039;04 or &#039;05 nickels. This is straight from the horse&#039;s mouth (so to speak):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;WASHINGTON– The United States Mint is encouraging customers who wish to order products that contain 2004 or 2005 nickels to do so this month (no later than December 1, 2005) for guaranteed delivery. The authorizing legislation for the Westward Journey Nickel Series™ requires that the reverse (tails side) of any 5-cent coin (nickel) issued after December 31, 2005, shall bear an image of Thomas Jefferson’s home of Monticello. <b>Therefore, the 2004 Peace Medal and Keelboat nickels and the 2005 American Bison and Ocean in View nickels may <span style="color: Red"><u>not</u></span> be sent to customers after December 31, 2005.</b>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was from a U.S. Mint press release dated November 3, 2005. You can read the entire statement <a href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&amp;ID=623" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&amp;ID=623" rel="nofollow">here</a> (although the above paragraph pretty much covers it).</p><p><br /></p><p>So rest easy. The Westward Journey nickels won&#039;t be flooding the market anytime soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>(On a side note, though, the U.S Mint&#039;s statement uses the words &quot;...issued after December 31, 2005...&quot;, so wouldn&#039;t that theoretically mean that, as long as the coins were <b>struck</b> prior to 12/31/05, they could be <u>sold</u>, but new WJ nickels couldn&#039;t be produced in 2006??)</p><p><br /></p><p>- Andrew : )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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