Chief Engraver
United States Mint
John Mercanti was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia College of Art and Fleisher Art Memorial School. After completing his education, Mr. Mercanti served six years in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
Since joining the United States Mint team of sculptor-engravers in 1974, Mr. Mercanti has been involved in the creation of many memorable coins and medals. His achievements include the 1984 Olympic gold ten-dollar coin, 1986 Statue of Liberty dollar coin, 1989 Congress Bicentennial gold five-dollar coin, obverse of the 1990 Eisenhower Centennial silver dollar, obverse of the 1991 Mount Rushmore five-dollar coin, and obverse of the 1991 Korean War Memorial silver dollar. In 2004, Mr. Mercanti was sculpted-engraved the reverse of the Dr. Dorothy Height Congressional Gold Medal, produced in just nine days.
Representative Coin Design and Sculpting Credits
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2007 Jamestown gold obverse
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2004 Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin reverse
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2003 First Flight Centennial Half-Dollar Clad Coin obverse
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2002 U.S. Military Academy Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Silver Dollar reverse
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2002 Olympic Winter Games Silver Dollar obverse
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2002 Louisiana Quarter reverse
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2001 North Carolina Quarter reverse
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2001 United States Capitol Visitor Center Silver Dollar obverse and reverse
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2000 Leif Ericson Millennium Commemorative obverse (U.S. design)
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2000 Leif Ericson Millennium Commemorative reverse (Icelandic design)
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2000 Library of Congress $10 Bi-Metallic obverse
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2000 Library of Congress Silver Dollar reverse
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1999 American Eagle Platinum Proof reverse
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1999 Pennsylvania Quarter reverse
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1998 Black Revolutionary War Patriots Silver Dollar obverse
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1998 American Eagle Platinum Proof reverse
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1997 Jackie Robinson reverse
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1997 Present American Eagle Platinum Coin obverse
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1996 Smithsonian Institution 150th Anniversary Silver Dollar reverse
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1995 Olympic Track & Field Silver Dollar obverse
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1995 Olympic Cycling Silver Dollar obverse
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1995 Olympic $5 Gold Eagle reverse
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1995 Civil War Battlefields Silver Dollar reverse
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1994 World cup Half Dollar obverse
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1994 Vietnam War Memorial obverse
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1992 Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Silver Dollar obverse
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1991 Mount Rushmore Anniversary gold obverse
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1991 Korean War Memorial Silver Dollar obverse
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1991 USO 50th Anniversary Silver Dollar reverse
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1991-1995 50th Anniversary of World War II reverse
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1990 Eisenhower Centennial Silver Dollar obverse (double portrait)
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1989 Congress Bicentennial $5 gold obverse and reverse
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1986 Statue of Liberty Silver Dollar obverse
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1986 Present American Eagle Silver Coin reverse
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1984 Olympic $10 gold obverse
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1983 Olympic Silver Dollar reverse
Representative Medal Sculpting Credits
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J. Edgar Hoover reverse
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Second U.S. Mint obverse
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U.S. Mint Director Stella Hackel reverse
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Hubert Humphrey obverse
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands reverse
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Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan reverse
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Fred Waring Congressional Gold Medal obverse
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Louis Armstrong obverse and reverse
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Helen Hayes obverse and reverse
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Leo J. Ryan Congressional Gold Medal reverse
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Filler tokens for Mint sets obverse
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President Harry Truman Congressional Gold Medal reverse
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John Steinbeck obverse
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Mary Lasker Congressional Gold Medal reverse
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President George H. W. Bush Inaugural Medal obverse
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General Norman Schwarzkopf Congressional Gold Medal obverse
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U.S. Mint Director David J. Ryder reverse
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Persian Gulf War reverse
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Congressional Award reverse
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Rabbi Menachem Schneerson Congressional Gold Medal obverse
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U.S. Mint Director Philip Diehl obverse
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Frank Sinatra Congressional Gold Medal obverse
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U.S. Mint Service Award Pins obverse
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Little Rock Nine Congressional Gold Medal reverse
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John Cardinal O' Connor Congressional Gold Medal obverse
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Bicentennial of the White House obverse
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan Medal Congressional Gold Medal obverse
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General Henry H. Shelton Congressional Gold Medal reverse
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Dr. Dorothy I. Height Congressional Gold Medal reverse
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