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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 948530, member: 66&quot;]Actually there isn&#039;t.&nbsp; There has not been a Chief Engraver at the mint since Elizabeth Jones resigned in 1990.&nbsp; The post itself no longer exists.&nbsp; It was legislated out of existence a couple years later.&nbsp; Mercanti is the only person left there with the official title of engraver.&nbsp; The rest have the title of designer or artist.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the committes, don&#039;t be too harsh on them either.&nbsp; They don&#039;t get to create the designs or suggest designs.&nbsp; All they can do is approve disapprove, and make suggestions for changes in designs that are presented to them.&nbsp; You give them five lousy designs and tell them they have to pick one, you are going to end up with a lousy design and the committees can&#039;t stop it.&nbsp; And remember the final choice is made by the Secretary of the Treasury and he DOES NOT have to accept the committee&#039;s recommendation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh they would.&nbsp; That is something that has been true through the whole history of our coinage, the current designs are always or almost always criticized as being poor designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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