Who’s Responsible for U.S. Coinage Design? CCAC? Mint? CFA?
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee - who are they and what do they do?
Since the government is responsible for minting coins, you could suspect it’s more than one or two people who are responsible for designing them.
But wait, we’re talking about the government… Obviously, we need to be thinking about committees when it comes to decision making!
There are, in fact, many layers in getting a new coin design out the door. And although there’s some jest when it comes to talking about the government, the design of coinage - whether it’s good or bad - is no simple thing.
An interesting party in one phase of a coin’s design is the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC for short.
Unless you read Public Law or have been in the numismatic world and have followed the development path of a new coin, the CCAC is likely foreign to you.
