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Cohen, Stan. Borglum 's Mountain. Rapid City, SD: Dakota Resources, Inc., 1983.
Coin Dealer Newsletter, The. Torrance, California: various issues 1975 to date.
Coin World. Sidney, Ohio: Amos Press, Inc., various issues 1960 to date, particularly issues from 1982 to date (the era of modern commemoratives from the 1982 Washington half dollar onward).
Coinage of Commemorative 50-Cent Pieces. Hearing Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate .... March 11, 1936. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1936. Document 54607. Contains testimonies by numismatists Frank G. Duffield and L.W. Hoffecker and other individuals who appeared before Congress in the matter of abuses and recommendations pertaining to commemoratives.
Coins magazine. Lola, Wisconsin: Krause Publishing Company, various issues 1982 to date. Contains articles and interviews by Washington correspondent Burnett Anderson on the subject of commemoratives.
Commemorative Trail, The. Newsletter published by the Society for U.S.
Commemorative Coins, 1984 to date, successor to Society for us. Commemoratives Newsletter.
Commission of Fine Arts. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, comments on legislation, and other items pertaining to commemorative coins. From Group 66, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Congressional Record, The. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, various issues from the 1930s to date.
Crane, Sylvia E. White Science: Greenough, Powers, and Crawford, American Sculptors in Nineteenth-Century Italy. Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Press, 1972.
Deisher, Beth "U.S. Mint Plans Open Design Competition for Olympic Coins." Article in Coin World, May 8, 1991. Mint Director Donna Pope's plan to have members of the public submit designs is outlined.
Deisher, Beth. "It's Up to YOU to Design '92 Commems." Article in Coin World, May 8, 1991.
Falk, Peter Hastings (editor). Who Was Who In American Art. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1985. Contains capsule biographies of artists including many of those who worked on commemorative coin designs.
Fite, Gilbert C. Mount Rushmore. Norman (Oklahoma) and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1952.
Ford, John J. Jr. Interview with the author, February 20, 1991. The veteran dealer discussed his recollection of handling many commemorative coins as a collector and when he was a partner in the New Netherlands Coin Company.
Forrer, L(eonard). Biographical Dictionary of Medalists. London: Spink & Son, Ltd., 1904. Contains biographies of many medalists, some of whom were associated, if only peripherally, with commemoratives (for example, Caunois).
Foster, Charles W. Historical Arrangement of United States Commemorative Coins. Rochester, New York: Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1936. Guide Bulletin No.4 of the Rochester Museum. Foster, curator of the collection of the American Numismatic Association at the time, created a monograph describing the historical background of various commemorative issues and used coins to illustrate various periods of American history includingthe period of discovery, colonization, territorial expansion, etc. A rarity scale was given, from R-1 (300,000 or more coins released or sold to the public) to R-15 (1 to 600 coins). Historical notes were furnished by Nita M. Feldman.
Fuljenz, Mike. "Research in Mint Records Reveals Intended Obverses." Article in Numismatic News, September 9, 1986. The author relates what the Mint records state (which is often divergent from what Commission of Fine Arts records and artists' correspondence states, and collector preferences).
Ganz, David L. "Elizabeth Jones: Medallist"article in The Numismatist, March 1977, pp. 485-495.
Ganz, David L. (writing under the name of Charles Logan). "A Numismatic Vision of Mount Rushmore." Article in The Numismatist, April 1991.
Garofalo, Michael K. "Here Once the Embattled Farmers Stood," article in The Commemorative Trail, Summer 1986, pp. 26-29.
Garofalo, Michael K. "A Vermont Diary," article in The Commemorative Trail, Fall 1986, pp. 23-26. The author visited Bennington, Vermont and sought to learn about the original distribution of 1927 Vermont half dollars.
Greenthal, Kathryn, Paula M. Kozol andJan Seidler Ramirez. American Figurative Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1986. Contains sculptors' biographies.
Gibbs, William T. "For Mercanti, 'This is Highlight of Year,'" article in Coin World, October 30, 1985, p. 10. An interview with John Mercanti, creator of the 1986 Statue of Liberty silver dollar.
Gibbs, William T. "Doing Something Like This Gave Me a Chance to Thank Everybody," article in Coin World, April 16, 1986, p. 58. Another interview with Mint sculptor John Mercanti on the subject of Statue of Liberty coins.
Giedroyc, Richard. "Chief Engraver Strives for 'Sculptural Effect,'" article in Coin World, February 28, 1990, p.16. A report on a talk given by Elizabeth Jones at a recent collectors' convention. Ms. Jones reviewed several of her commemorative coin designs.
Gilkes, Paul. "Commission Criticizes Coin Designs." Article in Coin World, January 30, 1991. Discussion of Korean War anniversary and USO anniversary silver dollar designs.