Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Meeting Recap (July 2025)
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My name is Kellen Hoard, and I currently serve as one of the Representatives of the General Public on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. I am an undergraduate student, and the youngest person to ever serve on the Committee. For those of you unfamiliar with the CCAC, it was established in 2003 by Congress to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on the themes and designs of all US coins and medals. The CCAC serves as an informed, experienced and impartial resource to the Secretary of the Treasury and represents the interests of American citizens and collectors.
This is the ninth installment of my updates about what the CCAC is doing at its meetings. I think it is critical that the collecting community have insight into and input to the CCAC, and will try to answer any questions you may have.
Here is my update for the CCAC meeting on July 22, 2025.
Candidate designs for the Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal were discussed in consultation with Alvarez himself. The CCAC recommended the following designs, with some minor revisions:
Candidate designs for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Commemorative Coin Set were discussed in consultation with representatives from FIFA. The CCAC recommended the following designs for a gold $5 commemorative, silver $1 commemorative, a clad 50c commemorative, and a common reverse, respectively.
Recommendations from the Numismatic Theme Working Group were discussed. The Working Group, which I participated on, had, over previous months, reviewed submissions from the public for commemorative coin, circulating coin, and medal ideas. The Working Group had refined the proposals, and submitted them for consideration to the CCAC at large. At this meeting, the CCAC finalized the recommendations of the Working Group. These suggestions for future themes included, but were not limited to, commemorative coins for the Americans with Disabilities Act, Peace Corps, Stonewall Uprising, and Endangered Animals; circulating coins celebrating American media/entertainment and in higher denominations; gold coins restruck with historical designs; and medals commemorating historic U.S. mints, American architecture, iconic American animals, and the natural world. The full report should be published soon on the CCAC website.
Let me know if you have any questions about the work done in this meeting; I will try to answer as well as I can, but there are contraints on what I am able to share publicly. Please remember that the CCAC does not make the final decision; instead, it makes its recommendation (alongside the Commission of Fine Arts) to the Secretary of the Treasury. If you would like to watch the July meeting in full in order to see all of the deliberations, it is available on Youtube here.
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I see several future commemorative topics that are likely to be "dead-on-arrival" in the current political climate.
On the common reverse, the lack of detail on the trophy does not go well with the more sharply detailed obverses. I don't know if this can be "fixed", since the trophy itself is abstract and lacks detail. But I think the coin as a whole is less aesthetically pleasing as a result of this mismatch. Some World Cup feature other than the trophy might have been a better choice to display on the reverse.
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
I do like the mention of gold coins restruck with historical designs. Maybe there's still hope for a return of a $20 Liberty. Even if it might be for one year.
Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.
Kellen - Thanks once again for sharing this information. It is appreciated and not taken for granted.
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
The FIFA-C-O-1 design would be a lot stronger without the black 2026.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
No interest in sports themed coins so no comment on that one, just glad I get to save money and have no commemorative coins in 2026. There will be more than enough of other stuff no doubt.
In case anyone else shared my curiosity (from Wikipedia):
Everett Alvarez Jr. (born December 23, 1937) is a retired United States Navy officer who endured one of the longest periods as a prisoner of war (POW) in U.S. military history. Alvarez was the first U.S. pilot to be shot down and detained during the Vietnam War and spent over eight years in captivity, making him the second longest-held U.S. POW, after U.S. Army Colonel Floyd James Thompson.
Thank you, Kellen.