Thomas D. Rogers
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Thomas D. Rogers, Sr. (born 1945) is a former sculptor-engraver with the United States Mint and designer of several U.S. coins, including the 2000–2008 reverse side of the United States Golden dollar coins, or Sacagawea dollars.[1] Rogers holds an A.A.S. degree with a major in commercial art. He joined the U.S. Mint in October 1991, working at the Philadelphia Mint facility, and retired in 2001.[2] As of 2003 he was residing in Long Beach, Washington,[3] and as of 2009 he was living and working in Oregon.[2] His design for the Sacagawea dollar was modified slightly before it went into circulation.[1]
Rogers designed the reverses of four of the State Quarters, including those for Maryland, Massachusetts and South Carolina.[3] He designed the original reverse of the American Platinum Eagle,[4] which was used on the proof version of that coin's first year (1997) and on non-proof Platinum Eagles of all dates,[1] and designed the reverses of two subsequent years of the proof version of the same coin, those of 1998 and 2001.[4]
Additionally, Rogers designed the obverses of the 1996 silver $1 coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution[5] and the 2000 Library of Congress $10 coin,[6] and designed both sides of several other United States commemorative coins.[2]
Although retired from the U.S. Mint, Rogers has subsequently carried out some design work for the Mint as an independent artist under contract.[7] In 2014, Rogers designed the reverse of the 2016 Sacagawea dollar,[7][8] which honors Native American code talkers from World Wars I and II.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Yeoman, R. S. (2009). Bressett, Kenneth (ed.). The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins (63rd Edition: 2010). Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.: Whitman Publishing. pp. 226–227, 346–348. ISBN 978-079482763-2.
- ^ a b c Roach, Steve (April 20, 2009). "Former U.S. Mint sculptor-engraver shares secrets at ANA". Coin World. Vol. 50, no. 2558. p. 100.
- ^ a b Hamilton, Don (August 19, 2003). "Flip a coin: Heads … or salmon? or beavers? Get ready to rumble as state gears up to design its new quarter". Portland Tribune. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ a b Schechter, Scott (April 9, 2018). "Revisiting platinum 'Vistas of Liberty': Platinum coins form five-year series". Coin World. Vol. 59, no. 3026. p. 32.
- ^ Heyman, J. Mechael (September 1996). "Smithsonian Perspectives - Coins from James Smithson's bequest created the Institution; on our anniversary, commemorative coins from the U.S. Mint will help it to continue". Smithsonian. Vol. 27, no. 6. p. 10.
- ^ "U.S. Mint Announces Library of Congress Commemorative Coins" (Press release). United States Mint. April 17, 2000. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ^ a b Gilkes, Paul (February 15, 2016). "2016 Native American Dollar: U.S. Mint Launches Sales of Circulation-Quality Coins". Coin World. Vol. 57, no. 2914. p. 4.
- ^ a b United States Mint (August 29, 2014). "United States Mint Announces Designs for 2015 and 2016 Native American $1 Coins" (Press release). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.