Phebe Hemphill

Medallic Artist

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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts graduate Phebe Hemphill studied for three years with sculptor EvAngelos Frudakis in Philadelphia. In 1987, she joined the sculpture department at the Franklin Mint and, for the next 15 years, worked on many projects for the porcelain and medallic departments.

As a freelance sculptor, Hemphill displayed her creative talents working with various companies producing figurines, medallions, dolls, toys, and garden ornaments. Prior to joining the United States Mint’s team of medallic artists in 2006, she was a staff sculptor for three years with McFarlane Toys in Bloomingdale, New Jersey.

Hemphill’s extraordinary sculptures were exhibited by the National Sculpture Society, American Medallic Sculpture Association, West Chester University, and the F.A.N. Gallery in Philadelphia. In 2000, Hemphill received the Alex J. Ettel Grant from the National Sculpture Society, and in 2001, she received the Renaissance Sculpture Award from the Franklin Mint.

Design and Sculpting Credits

The Secretary of the Treasury selected these designs for use on a coin or medal. The artist also executed the sculpts required to produce these coins and medals.

  • 2024 American Innovation $1 Coin Program – Maine reverse
  • 2024 Native American $1 Coin – reverse
  • 2024 American Women Quarters™ Program – Celia Cruz reverse
  • 2024 American Women Quarters™ Program – Dr. Mary Edwards Walker reverse
  • 2020 Steven T. Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury Bronze Medal – obverse
  • 2020 Steven T. Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury Bronze Medal – reverse
  • 2020 Native American $1 Coin – reverse
  • 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program – Common reverse
  • 2018 World War I Centennial Silver Medals (Coast Guard) – obverse
  • 2018 World War I Centennial Silver Medals (Coast Guard) – reverse
  • 2017 Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal – reverse
  • 2016 Presidential $1 Coins – Gerald Ford obverse
  • 2015 Jack Nicklaus Congressional Gold Medal – reverse
  • 2014 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Shenandoah National Park reverse
  • 2014 Presidential $1 Coins – Calvin Coolidge obverse
  • 2014 Presidential $1 Coins – Herbert Hoover obverse
  • 2013 Presidential $1 Coins – William McKinley obverse
  • 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – White Mountain National Forest reverse
  • 2013 5–Star Generals Commemorative Coin Program – Clad obverse
  • 2013 5–Star Generals Commemorative Coin Program – Clad reverse
  • 2012 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Alice Paul and the Suffrage Movement reverse
  • 2012 Presidential $1 Coins – Benjamin Harrison obverse
  • 2012 Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Gold Medal – reverse
  • 2011 Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Gold Medals – New York reverse
  • 2011 Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Gold Medals – Pentagon obverse
  • 2011 Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Gold Medals – Pentagon reverse
  • 2011 Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Gold Medals – Flight 93 reverse
  • 2011 Presidential $1 Coins – James Garfield obverse
  • 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Abigail Fillmore obverse
  • 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Mary Todd Lincoln obverse
  • 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Grand Canyon National Park reverse
  • 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Mount Hood National Forest reverse
  • 2010 Presidential $1 Coins – James Buchanan obverse
  • 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar Coin – reverse
  • 2009 Presidential $1 Coins – John Tyler obverse
  • 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Sarah Polk obverse
  • 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Sarah Polk reverse
  • 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Letitia Tyler obverse
  • 2008 Senator Edward William Brooke Congressional Gold Medal – reverse
  • 2008 Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2008 Norman E. Borlaug Congressional Gold Medal – obverse

Design Credits

The Secretary of the Treasury selected this design for use on a coin or medal.

  • 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Margaret Taylor obverse
  • 2008 Arnold Palmer Congressional Gold Medal – reverse

Sculpting Credits

The artist executed the sculpts required to produce these coins and medals.

  • 2024 Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Program – Silver obverse
  • 2024 Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coin Program – Silver obverse
  • 2024 American Innovation $1 Coin Program – Indiana reverse
  • 2023 Native American $1 Coin – reverse
  • 2022 Merrill’s Marauders Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2022 U.S. Armed Forces Silver Medals Program – Marine Corps obverse
  • 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coin Program – Gold obverse
  • 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coin Program – Clad reverse
  • 2022 American Innovation $1 Coin Program – Rhode Island reverse
  • 2022 American Women Quarters™ Program – Wilma Mankiller reverse
  • 2022 American Women Quarters™ Program – Dr. Sally Ride reverse
  • 2021 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin and Silver Medal – reverse
  • 2021 U.S. Armed Forces Silver Medals Program – Air Force obverse
  • 2021 U.S. Armed Forces Silver Medals Program – Air Force reverse
  • 2021 National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum Commemorative Coin Program – Gold obverse
  • 2021 National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum Commemorative Coin Program – Silver obverse
  • 2021 Christa McAuliffe Silver Dollar – obverse
  • 2021 American Innovation $1 Coin Program – New York reverse
  • 2021 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site reverse
  • 2020 USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal – reverse
  • 2020 Mayflower 400th Anniversary Gold Coin – obverse
  • 2020 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Barbara Bush obverse
  • 2020 Presidential Medal Program – Donald J. Trump obverse
  • 2020 Steve Gleason Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2020 American Innovation $1 Coin Program – South Carolina reverse
  • 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program – Common reverse
  • 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Weir Farm National Historic Site reverse
  • 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – National Park of American Samoa reverse
  • 2019 American Legion Commemorative Coin Program – Clad obverse
  • 2019 American Legion Commemorative Coin Program – Gold obverse
  • 2019 American Innovation $1 Coin Program – New Jersey reverse
  • 2019-2032 American Innovation $1 Coin Program – obverse
  • 2019 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – American Memorial Park reverse
  • 2019 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Lowell National Historical Park reverse
  • 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Program – Common obverse
  • 2018 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Block Island National Wildlife Refuge reverse
  • 2018 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program – obverse
  • 2017 Presidential Medal Program – Barack Obama (Term 1) obverse
  • 2017 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Program – Clad reverse
  • 2017 American Liberty High Relief 24-karat Gold Coin and Silver Medal – obverse
  • 2017 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Frederick Douglass National Historic Site reverse
  • 2017 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Ellis Island reverse
  • 2016 Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2016 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Harpers Ferry National Historical Park reverse
  • 2016 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Theodore Roosevelt National Park reverse
  • 2015 Foot Soldiers of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2015 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program – reverse
  • 2015 U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program – Clad reverse
  • 2015 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge reverse
  • 2015 Native American $1 Coin – Mohawk Iron workers, builders of New York City and other skylines reverse
  • 2015 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin and Silver Medal – obverse
  • 2015 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Bess Truman obverse
  • 2015 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Jacqueline Kennedy obverse
  • 2014 U.S. Army 65th Infantry Regiment Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2014 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Grace Coolidge obverse
  • 2014 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Eleanor Roosevelt obverse
  • 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Silver Dollar Coin – obverse
  • 2014 Monuments Men Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2014 American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2013 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Ida McKinley obverse
  • 2013 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Helen Taft obverse
  • 2013 Native American $1 Coin – reverse
  • 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar Coin – obverse
  • 2012 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Alice Paul and the Suffrage Movement obverse
  • 2012 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Frances Cleveland (Term 2) obverse
  • 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Program – Silver obverse
  • 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Chaco Culture National Historical Park reverse
  • 2012 Native American $1 Coin – reverse
  • 2011 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program – reverse
  • 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Lucretia Garfield obverse
  • 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Eliza Johnson reverse
  • 2011 United States Army Commemorative Coin Program – Gold obverse
  • 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Gettysburg National Military Park reverse
  • 2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Program – Silver reverse
  • 2011 September 11 National Medal – obverse
  • 2011 New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2010 Professor Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2010 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program – reverse
  • 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Mary Todd Lincoln reverse
  • 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program – Yosemite National Park reverse
  • 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar Coin – obverse
  • 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program – Northern Mariana Islands reverse
  • 2009 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program – reverse
  • 2009 Women Airforce Service Pilots Congressional Gold Medal – obverse
  • 2008 Presidential $1 Coins – Martin Van Buren obverse
  • 2008 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Louisa Adams obverse
  • 2008 Bald Eagle Commemorative Coin Program – Gold obverse
  • 2008 50 State Quarters Program – Oklahoma reverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Rosebud Sioux obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Meskwaki Nation obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Crow Creek Sioux Tribe obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Menominee Nation obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Muscogee (Creek) Nation obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Osage Nation obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Ponca Tribe obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Santee Sioux Nation obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Seminole Nation obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (Sioux) Tribe obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – Choctaw Nation obverse
  • 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program – St. Regis Mohawk Tribe obverse
  • 2007 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program – reverse
  • 2007 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Abigail Adams reverse
  • 2007 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program – Thomas Jefferson’s Liberty obverse
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