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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benveniste, post: 948610, member: 25547&quot;]The U.S. Mint&#039;s own website disagrees. Mercanti got the title in 2006.</p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/sculptor_engravers/?flash=yes&amp;action=mercanti" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/sculptor_engravers/?flash=yes&amp;action=mercanti" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/sculptor_engravers/?flash=yes&amp;action=mercanti</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Actually, the committees can and have rejected all the designs given to them for a particular coin. Part of the blame goes to the committee members, particularly for the recent &quot;excellence&quot; buzzwording, but a good chunk goes to the committee process itself. No matter how well-intentioned the committee members, it assures bland, uninspired compromise designs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My guess is that SecTreas Geithner has been a little preoccupied with other matters besides coin designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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