Jim Licaretz - US Mint Sculptor and Engraver 1986 - 1989 and 2006 - 2016

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Jim Licaretz is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He received a Traveling Scholarship as well as the Edmund Stewardson Prize for Figurative Sculpture, and a Philadelphia Board of Education four-year scholarship.

Jim returned to the United States Mint as a Medallic Sculptor in 2006, a position he first held in the 1980s. He was also a sculptor at Franklin Porcelain and the Franklin Mint in Pennsylvania, was a master sculptor at Mattel Inc. in California, and managed the sculpting department at Artistic Solutions in California. In addition, he served as a faculty member at the Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Otis School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, and the Academy of Art College, San Francisco.

Jim's works are represented in numerous private collections and can be seen at the British Museum, The Royal Coin Cabinet, The National Museum of Economy, Stockholm, Sweden, The American Numismatic Society, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Jim is president of the American Medallic Sculpture Association, and a member of The National Sculpture Society and The Federation International de le Medaille.

ANA Award for Excellence in Medallic Sculpture

Jim Licaretz was named the recipient of the 2008 Numismatic Art Award for Excellence in Medallic Sculpture (NAAEMS). The award, conferred by the American Numismatic Association (ANA), was presented to Mr. Licaretz on August 2, 2008, at the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Baltimore.

US Mint Coin and Medal Credits

2016 - Quarter: Illinois (Shawnee), Reverse (engraver)
2016 - Commemorative Coin $1: National Park Service 100th Anniversary, Reverse: (engraver)
2015 - Quarter: Nebraska (Homestead), Reverse (engraver)
2015 - Commemorative Coin $5: U.S. Marshals Service, Obverse: (engraver)
2015 - First Spouse Gold Bullion: Jacqueline Kennedy, Reverse, (engraver)
2014 - First Spouse Gold Bullion: Pat Nixon, Reverse, (engraver)
2014 - First Spouse Gold Bullion: Lou Hoover, Reverse, (engraver)
2014 - First Spouse Gold Bullion: Grace Coolidge, Reverse, (engraver)
2013 - Congressional Medal, 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Victims, Obverse (engraver)
2012 - Quarter: Alaska (Denali), Reverse (engraver)
2011 - Quarter: Oklahoma (Chickasaw), Reverse (engraver)
2011 - Commemorative Coin $1: Medal of Honor, Obverse: (designer and engraver)
2011 - Congressional Medal, Fallen Heroes of 9/11, Obverse (engraver)
2010 - Commemorative Coin $1: Boy Scouts of America Centennial, (designer and engraver)
2010 - Congressional Medal, Professor Muhammad Yunus, Reverse (engraver)
2009 - Penny: Lincoln Bicentennial (Log Cabin), Reverse (engraver)
2009 - First Spouse Gold Bullion: Margaret Taylor, Reverse, (engraver)
2009 - Quarter: Guam, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Presidential Dollar: Andrew Jackson, Obverse, (engraver)
2008 - First Spouse Gold Bullion: Van Buren, Reverse, (engraver)
2008 - Commemorative Coin $1: Bald Eagle, Obverse (designer and engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Cheyenne, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Comanche Nation, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Choctaw Nation, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Crow Nation, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Obverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Reverse (engraver)
2008 - Code Talkers Congressional Medal, Sisseton Pueblo of Laguna Tribe, Reverse (engraver)
2006 - Secretary of the Treasury Medal, Henry M. Paulson, Reverse (designer and engraver)
1989 - Congressional Medal, Mary Lasker, Obverse (designer and engraver)
1988 - Young Astronauts Liberty Commemorative Silver Medal, Obverse (engraver)
1986 - Medal of Congress, Harry Chapin, Obverse (engraver)
1986 - Medal of Congress, Aaron Copland, Reverse (designer and engraver)
1986 - Medal of Congress, Anatoly and Avital Shcharansky, (designer and engraver)

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