Information & News About United States Coins
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC, is slated to hold its next meeting next week. The meeting will be on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 starting at 8:30 AM Eastern at the United States Mint offices. There will be no access to the meeting for the public or press due to COVID-19 restrictions but interested parties are able to dial into the meeting in listen-only mode. The meeting is expected to last until 3:30 PM …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the design candidate images for the upcoming 2023 Native American Dollar. The dollar will feature Maria Tallchief, widely considered to the America’s first prima ballerina. Tallcheif, (Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa) lived from January 24, 1925 to April 11, 2013 and traveled globally as the country’s first prima ballerina and the first Native American prima ballerina. The design featuring Maria Tallchief on the 2023 Native …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC, has released the candidate design images for the 2023 American Women Quarter Program. The release came yesterday at the beginning of the scheduled CCAC meeting. 2023 will represent the second year of the five-year program, honoring significant American women throughout the history of the United States. As a reminder, the five women that will be honored next year will be: Bessie Coleman – pilot, advocate, and pioneer who flew …
The United States Mint has announced that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will be holding a meeting later this month. The meeting, which will be held via teleconference and is open to the public, is scheduled for April 19, 2022 at 9:00 AM Eastern. The meeting is expected to held until 3:00 PM Eastern that afternoon. The agenda for the meeting is focused on 2023 coin design reviews. Specifically, the agenda calls for the …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate images for the 2023 American Liberty High Relief 24-karat gold coin and silver medal. The images were released by CCAC and the United States Mint after the scheduled meeting yesterday for the committee. In total, there are 68 images for the Obverse and Reverse of both the gold coin and silver medal that were released. The United States Mint American Liberty Program celebrates modern renditions …
The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing that Dr. Lawrence Brown has been appointed Chairman of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). Dr. Brown has been on the CCAC since 2019 and will serve as chairperson for one year effective today, January 30, 2022. The United States Mint announced today that the Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Dr. Lawrence S. Brown as the next Chairperson of the Citizens Coinage …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has announced that it will be holding its next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. The meeting will begin at 1:00 PM Eastern and the public is invited to listen in on the meeting. The meeting currently has one item on the agenda, which is to review and discuss the Obverse and Reverse design candidates of the 2023 American Liberty High Relieve 24K Gold Coin and Silver Medal. …
The United States Mint has announced that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. The meeting will be held via teleconference as has been the case for over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary purpose of the meeting will be the swearing in of the newest CCAC member, Dr. Harcourt Fuller. Dr. Fuller was announced as a new member of CCAC last …
The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing that Dr. Harcourt Fuller has been appointed to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). Dr. Fuller currently is an Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora History in the Department of History at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States Mint has appointed Dr. Harcourt Fuller to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), as the member recommended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released candidate images for the 2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor commemorative coins. The law authorizing the coins was passed late last year. In detail, the law states that no more than 50,000 of the $5 gold coins will be produced. Additionally, the $1 silver coin will be limited to a production of 400,000 while the clad Half Dollar will have a production limit of 750,000. There …