US Mint Director Ed Moy on Seeking Excellence in Coin DesignsBy US Mint Director Ed Moy Editors Note: Below are two speeches give by US Mint Director Ed Moy concerning the designs on
US coinage and his desire to preside over a new period of design excellence at the mint.
On Sept. 19, 2007, Directory Moy gave the following presentation at the FIDEM "Art Of The Medal" conference held in Colorado Springs, Colorado and hosted by the
ANA. Below are his comments from that speech.
Thank you, Ken, and good morning everyone. I am delighted to be here and want to begin by congratulating FIDEM, its President Carlos Baptista de Silva, and its Honorary President Lars Lagerquist on the 70th Anniversary of FIDEM and the 30th Anniversary of the FIDEM Art Medal World Congress.
I also want to say thank you to the
ANA and its President Barry Stuppler for hosting this event and inviting me to participate. The United States Mint has enjoyed an excellent relationship with the American Numismatic Association for many years and is delighted to take part in the FIDEM Art Medal World Congress. This is my second visit to the
ANA museum, and I am looking forward to attending the FIDEM show there and seeing your theme, Passages to Reconstruction, carried out in many beautiful medallic sculptures on display.
As the 38th Director of the United States Mint, I'd like to say "welcome" to all the artists from other nations around the world as well as to our American medallic artists, including
Don Everhart and
Jim Licaretz of the United States Mint. I also wanted to say a special hello to Don Scarinci, who serves on our Citizens Coin Advisory Commission. I have read Don's treatise on arts medals and for those who will attend his seminar, you are in for a special treat.
I have been Director for more than a year now and am enjoying every aspect of it.
On a personal level, it has been wonderful to have my father stop complaining about my not going to medical school. Now he can brag to his friends that his son "finally has a job where he makes a lot of money." And of course, my Chinese friends have renamed me from Moy Goon Fong to "Moy Ca-Ching." My really hip friends have taken that a step further - "Moy Bling Bling."
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Posted 05/17/2008 9:31 pm
and you can add the new Jefferson portrait to that list too
