Washington ? There’s change in store for Thomas Jefferson — on the nickel that is. He’s getting his first makeover since being put on the coin in 1938.

The makers of the nation’s coins, the U.S. Mint, unveiled designs for two new nickels to be issued in 2005. The rollout Thursday was the latest in a series of design changes for the coins.

George Horse Capture, left, senior counselor to the director of the National Museum of the American Indian, looks on as Henrietta Holsman Fore, center, director of the U.S. Mint, and Daniel Jordan, president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation of Monticello, unveil one of the new nickel designs for 2005. The ceremony was Thursday in Washington.

A new likeness of Jefferson, the third president, will be on the front of the two revamped coins. The “tails” side also gets different looks.

With the makeover, Jefferson’s image appears bolder. He gazes in a close-up profile from the side of the coin. The word “liberty” now appears in script — as Jefferson once had written in his own hand. The phrase “In God We Trust” remains on the front of the two coins as well as the year.

The back of one of the new nickels — which will be released early next year — features an American bison on a grassy patch, a design that is reminiscent of the buffalo nickel first issued in 1913. The words “United States of America” wrap around the top of the coin, above the bison’s image. The phrase “E Pluribus Unum” is below the bison as is “Five Cents.”

The tails side of the second new nickel features a view of the water from a rocky coastline dotted with trees. There’s the phrase “Ocean in view! O! The joy!” That’s a quote from explorer William Clark’s journal, a reference to the Lewis and Clark expedition’s quest to reach the Pacific Ocean.

That nickel will be issued in the late summer of next year. In a circle around the edge of the nickel are the phrases: “E Pluribus Unum,” “United States of America,” “Five Cents,” and “Lewis & Clark 1805”– the year the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean.

The new nickels are part of the Mint’s Westward Journey Nickel series, which was kicked off earlier this year.