Article 7 of 7 Previous: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Much of our June 12, 2018, committee discussion of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site coin focused on whether its design should honor the site or the airmen. To me, the designs that focus on the equipment and materials of war miss the boat—or the plane, […]
The CCAC and the 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful quarters: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Article 6 of 7 Previous: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Next: Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. We knew the challenges for this coin going in, and I think the Mint’s artists did a very good job with such a difficult subject. The National Park Service calls Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas “the last stand of […]
The CCAC and the 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful quarters: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Article 5 of 7 Previous: Salt River Bay National Historical Park. Next: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. The CCAC met by telephone in October 2017 to talk about themes and focuses for the 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful coins. For the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller quarter, land stewardship was the prevailing concept. The important focus for this park […]
The CCAC and the 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful quarters: Salt River Bay National Historical Park
Article 4 of 7 Previous: Weir Farm National Historic Site. Next: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. The outstanding Salt River Bay portfolio benefited from designs with bold, singular, primary devices that immediately draw the eye—a conch shell, a turtle, a mangrove tree. I like that approach because it helps to make a coin memorable. Thinking back […]
The CCAC and the 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful quarters: Weir Farm
Article 3 of 7 Previous: National Park of American Samoa. Next: Salt River Bay National Historical Park. Weir Farm inspired another portfolio with many beautiful works of draftsmanship. The Mint’s artists captured the themes the CCAC and Weir Farm’s liaisons discussed in a telephone meeting in October 2017, regarding the site’s connection of art with […]
The CCAC and the 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful quarters: National Park of America Samoa
Article 2 of 7 Previous: Introduction. Next: Weir Farm. Many of the design proposals in the National Park (American Samoa) portfolio are nicely drafted. Some are almost photographic in their detail. This isn’t necessarily a strength when it comes to medallic sculpture. Fine detail can be a challenge to translate into coin form, especially when […]
The end of the trail: The CCAC and the 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful quarters
Article 1 of 7 Monday, June 11, 2018, found me flying north from beautiful Atlanta, Georgia, to our nation’s bustling capital in Washington, D.C., home to the headquarters of the United States Mint. In my briefcase was a binder full of notes, research, and artists’ sketches for the final two years of the America the […]
The CCAC’s recommended designs for the 2020-2021 America the Beautiful quarters
The following is a list of the artist submissions for the 2020-2021 America the Beautiful quarter reverse designs that were reviewed at today’s Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting. The designs cover the quarters commemorating Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Weir Farm National Historic Site, the Tuskegee […]
What happened to Kennedy half dollars?
On March 20, 2018, the United States Mint began its sale of 2018 Kennedy half dollar product options which include a 200-coin bag (product code 18KA) and a two-roll set (product code 18KB). These product options possess either the “D” or “P” mint mark, given their mint of origin, and what the Mint calls a […]
Why we should stop minting pennies, or at least make them with cheaper materials
In 2017 alone, the United States Mint produced around 8.6 billion one-cent coins, or “pennies,” as they’re popularly known. Since the most recent number for the cost of producing the penny in 2016 was 1.5 cents per coin, that means the total cost of production in 2017 was somewhere around $129 million. It does not […]
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