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How Many US Coin Designers can you name?
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How many US coin designers can you name off the top of your head?
My friend and I quiz each other on certain numismatic topics, and this was a recent one that came up.
I came up with 12 different people and can name a number of the different coins they designed
I’m going to say TomB knows the most
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12 beats the hell out of me, I can name 7 without looking it up.
CFA, LSU AND ANA
I came up with eleven.
Don't forget Daniel Carr, and his state Quarter design.
I wonder how many can name more living than those have passed away?
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John Reich
Christian Gobrecht
Charles E. Barber
James Earl Fraser
Adolph Weinmann
Augustus St. Gaudens
George T. Morgan
Longacre
Felix Schlag
Victor David Brenner
Frank Gasparro
John Sinnock
John Flanagan
Anthony de Francisci
Carr
Goodacre (Brenda? Glenda?)
I forgot about Pratt, MacNeil, and Gilroy Roberts not to mention numerous others.
Not sure but I wouldn't think of them right off the top of my head. I'd need a few days to compile that list.
Off the top of my head, I hit 12 also ... but then I hit a wall. Sat here thinking for at least five minutes with my eyes closed. Remembered some of the earlier designers and missed some of the more modern designers. Doh!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Maybe 10
I think it was Glenna? or Jenna?
I don't think Robert Scot, designer of the early federal coinage, has been mentioned.
I could think of about seven....all the popular ones (all listed here above). I would not be good at coin trivia...Cheers, RickO
Without cheating or spell checking:
Fraser
Barber
Gasparro
Brenner
Schlag
Wienmann
Saint Gaudens
Oh, and:
Carr (a couple of state quarter reverse designs?)
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
How about these:
Anthony de Francisci
Cyrus E. Dallin
Laura Gardin Fraser
Robert Aitken
Chester Beach
Joseph Mora
Gutzon Borglum
John R. Sinnock
Charles Keck
Juliette May Fraser
Augustus Lukeman
Pompeo Coppini
Henry Kreis
Gertrude Lathrop
Brenda Putnam
Carl Schmitz
Trygve Rovelstad
Frank Victor
Howard Weinman
Jacques Schnier
Walter H. Rich
William M. Simpson
Adam Pietz
Isaac S. Hathaway
It is surprising no one has mentioned William Barber.
Which designs were they responsible for?
Joe Stalin
Seven. More if I thought about it. But....the hotdogs and the beer in the ice chest are distracting me at the moment.....hey!, It's Labor Day! Gotta' kick back!!! The barbecue is calling!
John Flanagan.
These individuals designed some of our favorite and well liked coins, commemoratives of the 1892 - 1954 era.
How about the best designer of the modern era (post 1980), Elizabeth Jones? In my opinion, no one recently has been anywhere near her.
Joseph Menna became the 14th Chief Engraver of the United States Mint in 2019:
https://www.usmint.gov/learn/artists/sculptors-joseph-menna
So now we have a face and name to blame for mediocre designs and poor use of relief. Thanks!
Mercanti was decent.
4 without a Google search. Just remembered a 5th..Kneass.
@cameonut2011:
I like Menna's designs and digital modeling, and appreciate his extensive education in classical art and sculpture.
"Menna said he remembers that, when he joined the Mint’s engraving staff in 2005, his predecessor in the chief engraver’s slot, John Mercanti, predicted one day Menna would hold the title. Menna said he quickly began to understand why Mercanti pushed him so hard. 'He wanted me to do better and thought I had the talent to do so,' Menna said." (quote from CW).