The Chief Engraver of the United States Mint is the highest staff member at the United States Mint. The Chief Engraver is the person in charge of coin...
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August 31, 1879) was Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1869 until his death in 1879. He succeeded James B. Longacre in the position. Mr. Barber...
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The director of the United States Mint is the chief officer of the United States Mint. It is a presidential appointment that requires a Senate confirmation...
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John Mercanti (category United States Mint engravers)
April 27, 1943) is an American sculptor and engraver. He was the twelfth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint until his retirement in late 2010. Mercanti...
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George T. Morgan (category United States Mint engravers)
1925) was a United States Mint engraver who is famous for designing many popular coins, such as the Morgan dollar, the reverse of the Columbian Exposition...
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Christian Gobrecht (category United States Mint engravers)
23, 1844) was the third Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1840 until his death in 1844. He was responsible for designing the famous "Seated...
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John R. Sinnock (category United States Mint engravers)
1888 – May 14, 1947) was the eighth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1925 to 1947. Sinnock was the designer of the Roosevelt dime and Franklin...
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Frank Gasparro (category United States Mint engravers)
Gasparro (August 26, 1909 – September 29, 2001) was the tenth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, holding this position from February 23, 1965, to...
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Charles E. Barber (category United States Mint engravers)
February 18, 1917) was an American coin engraver who served as the sixth chief engraver of the United States Mint from 1879 until his death in 1917. He...
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James B. Longacre (category United States Mint engravers)
portraitist and engraver, and the fourth chief engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death. Longacre is best known for designing the Indian Head...
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Robert Scot (category United States Mint engravers)
November 3, 1823) was a Scottish-American engraver who served as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1793 until his death in 1823. He was succeeded...
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Joseph Menna (category United States Mint engravers)
sculptor and engraver who has worked in both digital and traditional sculpture media. He has been the Chief Engraver of the United States Mint since February...
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Susan B. Anthony dollar (redirect from Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act of 1979)
the coin, as well as the rejected Liberty design, were created by Frank Gasparro, the Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. One and a half billion...
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William Kneass (category United States Mint engravers)
27, 1840) was the second Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1824 until his death in 1840. Kneass is credited with designing the "Classic Head"...
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was the eleventh Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, holding this position from 1981 until her resignation in 1991. After her resignation, the post...
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Yangtze Service Medal (category United States service medals)
the China Service Medal. The designer of the Yangtze Service Medal is John R. Sinnock of the Philadelphia Mint. Sinnock was the eighth Chief Engraver...
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Gilroy Roberts (category United States Mint engravers)
served as the ninth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1948 until 1964. Roberts is perhaps most famous for designing the obverse of the Kennedy...
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The United States Mint is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce...
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E. Barber, who was Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint from 1879 to 1917. The design was shared with the quarter and half-dollar of the same period. Extensive...
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nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint. Composed of cupronickel (75% copper and 25% nickel), the piece has been issued since 1866. Its...
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Charles William Fremantle (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
by the director of the United States Mint, Henry R. Linderman, who was seeking a good British engraver. Linderman hired Morgan, who emigrated to the United...
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Samuel Honeyman Kneass (category Burials at The Woodlands Cemetery)
the elder son of William Kneass (1781-1840), who would go on to become the second Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, and the older brother of engineer...
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Liberty Cap large cent (category One-cent coins of the United States)
lettering.[citation needed] The Liberty Cap half cent was designed not by Wright, however, but by Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, Robert Scot.[citation...
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Hanover, Pennsylvania (category Pennsylvania in the American Civil War)
engineer, creator of the Forney engines used in early New York City elevated railways Christian Gobrecht, Chief Engraver of the United States Mint Donora Hillard...
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winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 (died 1963) July 8 – John R. Sinnock, 8th Chief Engraver of the United States Mint (died 1947)...
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Wright to assist the skillful engraving efforts of Henry Voigt as the Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. Copper Coinage Act of 1792 was penned as...
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for a new issue of U.S. coins. The two other members were Charles E. Barber, Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. In...
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Deaths in September 2001 (category Lists of deaths in 2001)
American actress (The Matrix, The Comedians, City of Hope), diabetes. Frank Gasparro, 92, American Chief Engraver of the United States Mint (Susan B. Anthony...
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The dollar coin is a United States coin with a face value of one United States dollar. Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver...
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for a new issue of U.S. coins. The two other members were Charles E. Barber, Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. In...
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