In a press release we received from the United States Mint, we have learned that 27 artists have been selected to participate in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to enrich and enhance designs on U.S. coins
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US Mint Artists Challenged to Think Creatively
by Donald Scarinci
The new crop of artists from the United States Mint’s artist infusion program came together at the Mint’s headquarters in Washington DC last week. They participated in a three-day intensive series of workshops that included viewing and studying Krause Publications’ Coin of the Year (COTY) award winners for tips about how to create award-winning coins.
Joseph Mena, the new Chief Engraver and David J
Jimenez earns COTY Lifetime Achievement Award
Joaquin Jimenez
On Feb. 2, 2019, at the Thirty-Sixth Annual Coin of the Year Awards Ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Joaquin Jimenez had the honor of winning the 2019 Lifetime Achievement in Coin Design Award.
Jimenez began his career working for several private medal editors