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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Meeting Recap (October 2025)

KellenCoinKellenCoin Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭✭
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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 eleventh 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 October 21, 2025.

  1. The Fiscal Year 2025 Report was approved by the committee. This should hopefully be published publicly soon.
  2. Candidate designs for the 2027 American Liberty Gold Coin and Silver Medal were discussed. The CCAC recommended the following obverse and reverse designs:

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 October meeting in full in order to see all of the deliberations, it is available on Youtube here.

Fan of the Oxford Comma
CCAC Representative of the General Public
2021 Young Numismatist of the Year

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,672 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it 👍

  • CregCreg Posts: 996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you, Kellen.

  • shortnockshortnock Posts: 440 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for your effort. Wishing you the best.

  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,273 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you for the updates.

    I think the designs recommended are quite cool and it appears to me that the lettering is largely incuse and will be brilliant against the fields. I think it is really cool and they only needed to put flowers in her hair instead of stars!

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  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 11,411 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,506 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are the coins images generated by CAD?

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  • lermishlermish Posts: 3,982 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the design on both sides very much.

    Is Lady Liberty inspired by Sydney Sweeney?

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  • epcepc Posts: 315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A less bored look on Liberty's face would be nice. Give us strong or joyful, not tired of holding the torch.

    Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 11,411 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @epc said:
    A less bored look on Liberty's face would be nice. Give us strong or joyful, not tired of holding the torch.

  • Cranium_Basher73Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oof....there were some woke stinkers in those designs. A butch bald chick? Seriously? With variants of it that look like tats? I liked the Pegasus design and the gray wolf even more.
    That late 60's font just looks awful in my opinion.

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

  • Cranium_Basher73Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @epc said:
    A less bored look on Liberty's face would be nice. Give us strong or joyful, not tired of holding the torch.

    More like the "How much longer do I have to stand here holding this torch?" look.

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

  • winestevenwinesteven Posts: 5,061 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 28, 2025 9:16PM

    Kellen - Thanks again for posting your monthly meeting summaries! Greatly appreciated!

    1. I’m ok with the gradual shrinking of the font SIZE, but I don’t care at all for the specific chosen font. I’m ok with going “fancy” instead of with the typical “block” font, but would prefer something easier to read. Knowing it’s “Liberty” and “United States of America” made it easier, but if we didn’t anticipate the words, it may have been more difficult to read.
    2. My first thought when I saw the obverse was a woman who had just been woken up and she’s walking in her nightgown with a torch light to see what’s going on? Then reading other comments further down, I agree with the “looks bored” comments.

    Like many of the recent designs we’ve seen, “Oh well”.

    Steve

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  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,558 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Liberty looks sad. Or very serious.

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry, but for the fact that the cartoonish font represents a lack of commitment on the designs being put forth and selected by your committee, says to me we have completely moved beyond artistry and talent. As if a kid with a c&c machine is now considered and acceptable numismatic artist. This is beyond my appreciation. Kellen, I do appreciate your time and input to the forum to keep us informed, but its no longer something I care to view. JMO
    Jim


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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,797 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Heavy duty Art Nouveau! I wonder if Alphonse Mucha would approve?

    All glory is fleeting.
  • steve_richardsonsteve_richardson Posts: 222 ✭✭✭✭

    Does the committee have the option of declining to recommend any of the designs? Or do they have to choose from among the proposals?

  • JCH22JCH22 Posts: 420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If interested, votes for each proposed design begin around the 1:54:30 mark:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j6g3362brI

  • KellenCoinKellenCoin Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭✭

    @steve_richardson said:
    Does the committee have the option of declining to recommend any of the designs? Or do they have to choose from among the proposals?

    Yes, that is an option, and it was raised by some members this time.

    Fan of the Oxford Comma
    CCAC Representative of the General Public
    2021 Young Numismatist of the Year

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,797 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The recommended design is far and away the best!

    All glory is fleeting.
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Morgan White said:

    good eye

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • PhilArnoldPhilArnold Posts: 188 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Leaning particularly heavily on Alphonse Mucha (not that I'm complaining)

    Phil Arnold
    Director of Photography, GreatCollections
    greatcollections.com

  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 29, 2025 6:10PM

    I think a New England Shilling is better looking than any of those “artistic” coins.

  • winestevenwinesteven Posts: 5,061 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I see the new post by @Russell12 that all CFA members have been fired (Commission of Fine Arts). Their function is different than CCAC.

    Steve

    A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine!!!

    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
  • ExbritExbrit Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭✭

    Awful designs in my opinion. Pass

  • HalfDimeHalfDime Posts: 626 ✭✭✭✭

    Maybe they can still pick this one.

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 30, 2025 9:45AM

    Lawrence Talbot approves!

    :)

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  • Cranium_Basher73Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HalfDime said:
    Maybe they can still pick this one.

    I'm hoping they go with the wolf. Don't know about the reverse. I haven't really looked at the reverse designs.

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cranium_Basher73 said:

    @HalfDime said:
    Maybe they can still pick this one.

    I'm hoping they go with the wolf. Don't know about the reverse. I haven't really looked at the reverse designs.

    Wolf looks pretty damn good!

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  • Alpha2814Alpha2814 Posts: 203 ✭✭✭

    Of all the candidate designs, the wolf (a predator) says "Liberty" the least.

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,797 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alpha2814 said:
    Of all the candidate designs, the wolf (a predator) says "Liberty" the least.

    Maybe that was what was intended.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭✭

    @IkesT said:
    Groovy!

    Free Bird !!!!

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