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CoinWeek Coin Designer’s Profile: Joseph Menna

Mint engraver and designer Joseph Menna’s career at the U.S. Mint began in 2005. During his 10-year-plus tenure, he has authored more than two dozen coin designs. In addition, Menna’s designed the reverse for the Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal and the September 11 Memorial Medal.

  • 2006 San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative gold obverse (sculpt)
  • 2007 First Spouse Gold Coin – Martha Washington obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2007 First Spouse Gold Coin – Abigail Adams obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2007 50 State Quarters Program – Utah reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2007 Presidential $1 Coin – George Washington obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2007 Presidential $1 Coin – Thomas Jefferson obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2007 Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2008 Presidential $1 Coin – James Monroe obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2008 First Spouse Gold Coin – Louisa Adams reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2008 50 State Quarters Program – Arizona reverse (sculpt)
  • 2008 Bald Eagle Commemorative Coin – clad obverse (sculpt)
  • 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One-Cent Coin – Presidency in Washington, D.C. reverse (sculpt)
  • 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Commemorative Coin reverse (sculpt)
  • 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program – Puerto Rico reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program – U.S. Virgin Islands reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2009 Presidential $1 Coin – William Henry Harrison obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin – Anna Harrison obverse (sculpt)
  • 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Hot Springs National Park reverse (sculpt)
  • 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Yosemite National Park reverse (design)
  • 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Silver Dollar reverse (sculpt)
  • 2010 and beyond Lincoln One-Cent Coin reverse (sculpt)
  • 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin – Abigail Fillmore reverse (sculpt)
  • 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin – James Buchanan’s Liberty reverse (sculpt)
  • 2011 Native American $1 Coin reverse (sculpt)
  • 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Vicksburg reverse (sculpt)
  • 2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin gold obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2011 U.S. Army Commemorative Coin gold reverse (sculpt)
  • 2011 U.S. Army Commemorative Coin clad reverse (sculpt)
  • 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin – Lucy Hayes reverse (sculpt)
  • 2011 September 11 National Medal reverse (sculpt)
  • 2012 First Spouse Gold Coin – Frances Cleveland (term 2) reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin gold obverse and reverse (sculpt)
  • 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Acadia National Park reverse (sculpt)
  • 2013 Presidential $1 Coin – Theodore Roosevelt obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Mount Rushmore National Memorial reverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar reverse (sculpt)
  • 2013 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin gold reverse (sculpt)
  • 2013 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin silver obverse and reverse (sculpt)
  • 2015  America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Kisatchie National Forest quarter reverse (sculpt)
  • 2015 Presidential $1 Coin – Dwight D. Eisenhower $1 obverse (design and sculpt)
  • 2016 America the Beautiful Quarters Program – Cumberland Gap National Historical Park reverse (sculpt)

 

CoinWeek Coin Profiles: The Designs of Joseph Menna

2015

United States 2015 America the Beautiful Kisatchie National Forest Quarter

 

 

United States 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower $1

 

 

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