The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviewed proposed designs for the 2012 Presidential Dollars during a meeting held July 15, 2010. The United States Mint provided the CFA with four to six obverse candidate designs for each coin. The CFA made recommendations for three out of the four coins to be released. The Presidential Dollar […]
2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Design Candidates
In 2011, the United States Mint will issue gold and silver commemorative coins in recognition and celebration of the Medal of Honor and its recipients. Last week the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) met to discuss design candidates provided by the US Mint for the obverse and reverse of each coin. The meeting also included […]
2011 United States Army Commemorative Coin Designs
The May 25th, 2010 meeting of the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee was held at the U.S. Mint’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., where committee members discussed the designs for the 2011 United States Army Commemorative Coins. The program will include a $5 gold coin, silver dollar, and clad half dollar issued during 2011. The United States […]
2010 American Platinum Eagle Designs Reviewed by CFA and CCAC
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) recently reviewed design candidates for the collector version of the 2010 American Platinum Eagle. This coin will be the second release in a six year series exploring the core concepts of American democracy as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution of […]
2011 Native American Dollar Designs Reviewed by CFA
Today, the Commission of Fine Arts will be reviewing proposals for the 2011 Native American Dollar reverse design. The theme for the reverse designs is Diplomacy: Treaties with Tribal Nations. Since 2009, the Native American Dollar coin series has featured annually rotating reverse designs which celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of Native Americans. These have […]
Why Is There a Girl on the Boy Scouts Coin?
This week the United States Mint began sales of the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar. Ever since the final designs for the coin were officially unveiled, there have been frequent comments and questions about the female, which appears on the obverse of the coin. Specifically, many have asked: Why is there a […]
CFA Reviews 2011 America the Beautiful Quarter Design Candidates
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviewed design candidates for the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters at their January 21, 2010 meeting. The United States Mint had prepared three to four potential designs or each of the five quarters to be issued next year featuring parks or sites in Pennsylvania, Montana, Washington, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. […]
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters CCAC Recommendations
The Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) met on January 26th, 2010, to discuss and recommend reverse designs for the five 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters. I was fortunate enough to be on hand to witness the process. The committee members were, at times, very impassioned about the subjects of the images, yet kept to parliamentary […]
CCAC Recommendations for 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters
Next year, a new series of circulating commemorative coins will begin, known as America the Beautiful Quarters. During their September 22, 2009 meeting, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) reviewed candidate designs provided by the United States Mint for the first five coins of the series. The same design candidates were previously reviewed by the […]
CFA Recommendations for 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters
For each year’s America the Beautiful Quarter designs, the US Mint generates three to five design concepts per location. These are based on source materials identified by a Federal official who serves as liaison for the national site. Final candidates are submitted to the Secretary of the Interior, the chief executive of the host jurisdiction, […]
