Coinage design
50 State Quarters Featured on PBS TV
Garrett Burke, the concept designer of the California State Quarter, recently discussed the popular state quarters program on a PBS program. View the program in its entirety here. Garrett Burke on his YouTube channel
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Meeting
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) is scheduled to hold a public meeting at 9:00 a.m. (ET) on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at United States Mint Headquarters, 801 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20220. Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Meets September 27
Bad Performance Reviews
MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH: BAD PERFORMANCE REVIEWS By Ed Reiter For years, I have been lamenting the dull, dreary–sometimes deplorable–coin designs emanating from the U.S. Mint. The result has been a huge collective yawn, followed by a murky stream of more insipid “artwork.” Recently, however, my futile cry in the wilderness has been echoed by ...
Process vs. Results
Sometimes a story analyzes a situation so thoroughly–and concisely, I may add–that there is little more to say. Tim Shuck recently wrote on CoinLink about the new subcommittee of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. The CCAC hopes that the Subcommittee on Coin Design Excellence will help the group accomplish its mission of improving the designs ...

