Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Born in 1848, Augustus Saint-Gaudens was one of America’s greatest sculptors and medalists. Commissioned by President Theodore Roosevelt, he redesigned the United States’ gold coinage, creating the legendary Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle and Indian Head Eagle. His work is widely regarded as the pinnacle of American coin design and remains among the most admired coins ever produced.

Born in 1859, Henry Chapman was an influential American coin dealer, auctioneer, and numismatic author. Alongside his brother Samuel Hudson Chapman, he helped establish professional numismatic auctions in the United States and published important catalogs and reference works that continue to be valued by collectors today.

Born in 1938, Q. David Bowers is one of the most respected numismatic historians and authors in the world. Having written dozens of books and countless research articles, he has educated generations of collectors while documenting the history of American coinage, rare coins, and the numismatic marketplace.

Born in 1954, David Hall is a renowned numismatist, rare coin dealer, and the founder of the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). His vision for standardized third-party grading transformed the rare coin industry by increasing transparency, consistency, and confidence within the marketplace.

Anna Cabral served as the 42nd Treasurer of the United States from 2005 to 2009. Her signature appears on millions of United States Federal Reserve Notes issued during her tenure. Following her public service, she has remained active in numismatics, precious metals, and financial education.

Born in 1845, George T. Morgan was an English-born engraver who became the seventh Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. He is best known for designing the iconic Morgan Silver Dollar, first issued in 1878, one of the most widely collected and recognized coins in American history.

Born in 1871, Victor David Brenner was a Lithuanian-born American sculptor and engraver. He designed the Lincoln cent, first issued in 1909 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The Lincoln cent remains one of the longest-running coin designs in United States history.

John Mercanti served as the 12th Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 2006 until his retirement in 2010. During his distinguished career, he created or sculpted more than one hundred coin and medal designs, including the reverse of the American Silver Eagle, one of the world’s most recognized bullion coins.

Paul C. Balan is an accomplished American sculptor and former Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) designer for the United States Mint. His work has appeared on numerous United States commemorative coins and medals, where he has combined classical artistic techniques with modern numismatic design.

John Feigenbaum is a respected numismatist, publisher, author, and President and CEO of Certified Collectibles Group’s Certified Coin Exchange (CCE) and the former publisher of the Greysheet. He has played a significant role in advancing numismatic education, market pricing, and dealer resources, helping improve transparency within the rare coin marketplace.

Born in 1887, Anthony de Francisci was an Italian-American sculptor and medalist best known for designing the legendary Peace Dollar. Introduced in 1921 to commemorate the end of World War I, the Peace Dollar became one of the most recognizable and beloved silver coins in American history. His timeless design remains a symbol of peace, hope, and artistic excellence in United States coinage.

Edmund C. “Ed” Moy served as the 38th Director of the United States Mint from 2006 to 2011, leading the agency through one of the most turbulent financial periods in modern American history. During his tenure, the Mint faced extraordinary demand for gold and silver bullion, introduced major coin programs, and produced the celebrated 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle. Moy also worked during the period in which John Mercanti served as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. 

Elizabeth Jones made history as the first woman appointed Chief Sculptor-Engraver of the United States Mint. Selected by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, Jones brought a distinguished background in sculpture and medallic art to the Mint and helped shape an important era of modern American commemorative coinage. Her work includes celebrated designs for the George Washington commemorative half dollar, Olympic coinage, and other significant United States coins and medals. 

Frank Gasparro was one of the most influential American coin designers of the twentieth century and served as the 10th Chief Sculptor-Engraver of the United States Mint. During a Mint career spanning nearly four decades, he designed the Eisenhower dollar, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the Lincoln Memorial cent reverse, and the Kennedy half dollar reverse, leaving an artistic legacy visible on billions of American coins.

Jeff Garrett is one of the most recognized figures in modern American numismatics. A professional rare coin dealer, author, educator, former President of the American Numismatic Association, longtime NGC consultant, and Senior Editor of A Guide Book of United States Coins—the Official Red Book—Garrett has spent more than four decades studying, buying, selling, authenticating, and writing about important United States coins.

Stephanie Sabin is President of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), one of the world’s most recognized third-party coin and banknote authentication and grading companies. A lifelong numismatist who grew up in a family of collectors, Sabin joined PCGS in 2006 and advanced through leadership roles in dealer relations, international operations, strategy, and corporate management before becoming President in 2021. 

Augustus B. Sage was one of the earliest important professional numismatists in the United States and a key founder of what became the American Numismatic Society. As a teenager in New York during the 1850s, Sage wrote about coins, dealt in numismatic material, published medals, organized collectors, and helped establish one of America’s most enduring numismatic institutions. 

Joseph Hilarius Eckhel was an eighteenth-century Austrian Jesuit priest, scholar, and numismatist whose systematic study of ancient coins helped transform numismatics into a modern academic discipline. Often regarded as the “father of numismatics,” Eckhel reorganized ancient coinage according to geography and political authority and produced the monumental eight-volume Doctrina Numorum Veterum, a work that influenced numismatic scholarship for generations. 

Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was one of the most influential women in modern numismatics and a central figure in the development of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Numismatic Collection. A historian, curator, author, Holocaust survivor, and longtime Smithsonian scholar, she helped expand the collection from roughly 60,000 objects to nearly one million and ultimately became its first Executive Director. 

Chester L. “Chet” Krause was one of the most influential numismatic publishers of the twentieth century and the founder of Numismatic News and Krause Publications. Beginning with a single-page coin newspaper produced from his family home in Iola, Wisconsin, in 1952, Krause built an international publishing company that helped connect collectors, standardize hobby information, and produce some of the most widely used numismatic references in the world. 

Thomas S. Cleveland is an American designer, illustrator, fine artist, and former United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer whose work appears on numerous U.S. coins and medals. Selected for the Mint’s inaugural Artistic Infusion Program in 2004, Cleveland contributed designs for commemorative coins, Native American dollars, America the Beautiful quarters, First Spouse gold coins, Congressional Gold Medals, and the American Platinum Eagle. 

William Herbert Sheldon was an American psychologist, physician, researcher, and numismatist best known to collectors for developing the numerical grading system that became the foundation of the modern 1-to-70 coin grading scale. His landmark books Early American Cents and Penny Whimsy also helped establish the system of “Sheldon numbers” still used to identify early United States large-cent varieties.