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AIP artist Don Everhart
Don Everhart
Designer
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Don Everhart II earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Kutztown State University in 1972. The following year, he joined the Franklin Mint as a designer, where he held the staff sculptor position for five years.

In 1980, he left the Franklin Mint to pursue a freelance career. During this period, his work included figurines, plates, coins, and medals for Walt Disney, Tiffany, the Royal Norwegian Mint, and the British Royal Mint.

Don has received numerous commissions. Most notable of these is Georgetown University’s Sports Hall of Fame, a 24-piece bronze installation.

In addition to international exhibitions, Don’s work is included in several permanent collections, including:

  • The Smithsonian Institution
  • The British Museum
  • The American Numismatic Society
  • The National Sculpture Society

Don is a former president of the American Medallic Sculpture Association (1993-1994) and is a fellow member of the National Sculpture Society.

From 2004 to 2017, he was a U.S. Mint Medallic Artist and designed and sculpted many coins and medals. He designed the reverse and sculpted both sides of the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin, which won 2016 Coin of the Year. The 2015 March of Dimes Silver Dollar won Most Inspirational in the 2017 Coin of the Year awards.

Don has also won several awards for his work. He received the prestigious American Numismatic Association’s Sculptor of the Year Award in 1994. In February 2018 after his retirement from the Mint, he was awarded the prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” from World Coin News in Berlin, Germany.

Don still works on commissions from his home studio in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

The following coins and medals were both designed and sculpted by the artist while at the U.S. Mint.

The artist sculpted the following coins and medals, based on designs from other medallic artists.

  • 2018-2020 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program – reverse
  • 2018 World War I Centennial Silver Medals (Army) – obverse
  • 2018 World War I Centennial Silver Dollar – obverse
  • 2018 World War I Centennial Silver Dollar – reverse
  • 2018 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Cumberland Island National Seashore reverse
  • 2017 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Program – Gold obverse
  • 2017 Lions Clubs International Centennial Silver Dollar – reverse
  • 2016 Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Program – Gold obverse
  • 2015 U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program – Gold reverse
  • 2015 High Relief Gold Coin and Silver Medal – reverse
  • 2014 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Florence Harding reverse
  • 2014 Doolittle Raiders Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2014 Civil Air Patrol Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program – Common obverse
  • 2013 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Edith Roosevelt reverse
  • 2012 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Frances Cleveland (Term 1) obverse
  • 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin – Silver reverse
  • 2011 United States Army Commemorative Coin – Silver reverse
  • 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Lucy Hayes obverse
  • 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Eliza Johnson obverse
  • 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Jane Pierce reverse
  • 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Julia Tyler obverse
  • 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Julia Tyler reverse
  • 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program – District of Columbia reverse
  • 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One-Cent Coin – Professional Life in Illinois reverse
  • 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar – obverse
  • 2009 New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal – reverse
  • 2008 Bald Eagle Commemorative Coin – Silver obverse
  • 2008 Bald Eagle Commemorative Coin – Gold reverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Gold Medal – Hopi Tribe obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Gold Medal – Yankton Sioux Tribe obverse
  • 2008 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Andrew Jackson’s Liberty reverse
  • 2008 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Elizabeth Monroe obverse
  • 2007 President George W. Bush (Term 2) Medal – obverse
  • 2007 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Dolley Madison obverse
  • 2007 Presidential $1 Coins – James Madison obverse
  • 2007 50 State Quarters Program – Montana reverse
  • 2007 50 State Quarters Program – Idaho reverse
  • 2007 Jamestown Commemorative Coin – Silver Dollar obverse
  • 2006 American Eagle Platinum Coin – reverse
  • 2006 San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative – Gold reverse
  • 2006 San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative – Silver obverse
  • 2006 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Martha Washington reverse
  • 2005 50 State Quarters Program – California reverse
  • 2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series™ – American Bison obverse
  • 2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series™ – Ocean in View obverse
  • 2003 Jackie Robinson Congressional Gold Medal – reverse
Content last updated on May 04, 2026