CCAC October 16, 2018, meeting: First amendment designs for the 2021-2025 American Platinum Eagle coin series

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The following is a list of artist submissions and their descriptions for the 2021-2025 American Platinum Eagle coin series that were reviewed at yesterday’s Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting. Additional designs that were reviewed and discussed during the meeting were the 2021-2022 Native American $1 coin, the 2020 Coast Guard medal, and the 2020 Air Force medal — all of which will be covered in subsequent articles. Let us know in the comments which design you would choose for each year!

Set 01 is tied together through its use of flora and a traditional Liberty figure. Hover to zoom.

Set 02 features designs set against a backdrop of a symbolic image of the American Flag.

Set 03’s unifying elements are the use of consistent typography, hand gestures, and shields that represent the United States Constitution and the protection that the First Amendment provides for each of the five freedoms in this series.

Set 04 and Set 04A enshrine the language of the First Amendment surrounding the text with a laurel wreath.

Set 05 features a variety of allegorical figures. Each figure represents different concepts of liberty as expressed through the rights enumerated in the First Amendment. Additionally, the keyword from each of the freedoms is inscribed using script modeled after the original text of the Bill of Rights.



Set 07 feature people participating in the respective freedom depicted.

Set 08 primarily uses the hands of people participating in the various freedoms of the First Amendment.

Set 09 illustrates the freedoms in action.

Set 10 uses the oak tree as a metaphor for our country’s growth as a nation that values freedom. Liberty grows to a thing of strength and beauty from a seed, our Bill of Rights.

Set 11’s designs feature an inscription of the relevant text of the First Amendment. In terms of protecting our freedoms, the courts, and ultimately the Supreme Court, play a vital role in our democracy. The nine dots at the top of the design, arranged in an arc like the Supreme Court justices’ seats, are a subtle nod to the nine justices in our nation’s highest court who have carefully considered the words in the First Amendment when making their judgments.

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