CCAC Meeting Reveals How New Coin Design Process Works, Part 1

Who's responsible for bad coin design? Not the CCAC, says CoinWeek Assistant Editor Hubert Walker in this three-part report and commentary.

Last week I spent the most educational seven hours on the phone that I've ever sat through in my entire life.

I learned a lot about contemporary coins, coin design, Congressional medals and medallic art. I also learned, in a hands-on sort of way, who does what in the coin design process.

It's self-evident now, but that's one reason why meetings like those held by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 27-28, are open to the public: to create a better-informed constituency.

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