Sixty-seven years after the government minted its last buffalo nickel, the symbol of the American West is returning to the 5-cent piece. The United States Mint has shipped 97 million of the new ...

The new coin features a tightly cropped close-up of Thomas Jefferson on the front and an American bison on the back -- marking the buffalo's return to the five-cent coin for the first time since 1938.

While it is true the animal shown on the 2005 buffalo nickel is most decidedly male, it was not true there was a move afoot to rescind the coin from circulation or that the coins were recalled by ...