Q. David Bowers
PCGS Population Report, The. Newport Beach, CA: Professional Coin Grading Service, 1990. Monthly report listing quantities of coins graded to date in various Mint State and Proof classifications; useful for determining the relative availability of certain commemorative issues, e.g., the 1921 Alabama and Missouri half dollar varieties.
Peloso, Matthew. Interview with the author, February 15, 1991. The sculptor engraver discussed his work at the U.S. Mint.
Pope, Donna. In-depth interview with the author, February 11, 1991, on commemorative coins minted since 1982. The Mint director gave her views and recollections.
Reed, P. Bradley. "Mint Participation Vital to Design Committee; Chief Sculptor-Engraver Jones Speaks About Modem Coin Designs," article in Coin World, July 16, 1986. p. 34. Report of an address given by Ms. Jones at a dinner hosted by the Israel Numismatic Society of South Jersey, June 1986.
Reed, P. Bradley (editor). Coin World Almanac. New York: World Almanac, imprint of Pharos Books, 6th edition, 1990. Contains much information concerning Mint engravers and government officials, coin designers, and other entries pertaining to commemoratives.
Reiter, Ed. "Mint Accepting Orders for Washington Half Dollar." Article in The New York Times, July 4, 1982.
Reiter, Ed. "First Strikes: The Modem Commemorative Era Continues With the $1 and $5 Constitution Coins." Article in Coinage, September 1987.
Reiter, Ed. "My Two Cents' Worth." Article in Coinage, October 1987.
Reiter, Ed. "Coins for the '88 Olympics." Article in Coinage, November 1987.
Reiter, Ed. "The Mint Holds an Official Coin Design Contest." Article in Coinage, March 1988. The article gives data concerning compensation given to artists and the procedures involved.
Reiter, Ed. "Judging the Judges." Article in Coinage, April 1988. The writer strongly advocates that the final design selection privilege be taken from the secretary of the Treasury and given to the Commission of Fine Arts and to coin collectors.
Reiter, Ed. "They Created the Designs." Article in Coinage, April 1988. Commentary concerning the designers of the 1988 Olympic coins.
Reiter, Ed. "Choosing What to Honor." Article in Coinage, December 1988. A critical view of the proposed 1990 Eisenhower commemorative dollar.
Reiter, Ed. "Change the Contest, Designs Will Follow."
Article in Coinage, May 1989. The author suggests that better commemorative designs will result if more artists are allowed to submit ideas.
Reiter, Ed. "New U.S. Congress Coins Under Fire." Article in Coinage, June 1989. Contemporary criticisms of the designs are reprinted.
Reiter, Ed. "Assessing the New Ike Dollar." Article in Coinage, April 1990.
Rovelstad, Trygve. Beautiful. Elgin, Illinois: published by the author, undated. This brochure gives biographical details concerning the sculptor and illustrates many of his works.
Rovelstad, Trygve. "Fountain of Life." Article in Chicago's American, December 5, 1967, p. 16.
Slabaugh, Arlie R. United States Commemorative Coins. Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Co., Inc., 1963; also the second edition, 1975. This gem of a book contains much valuable information not available in any other single source and was particularly valuable during the preparation of the present work.
Smith, Rex Alan. The Carving of Mount Rushmore. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.
Society for U.S. Commemoratives Newsletter. Published by the Society for U.S. Commemoratives, 1983-1984, name subsequently changed to The Commemorative Trail.
Standard Catalogue of U.S. Coins, The. New York: Wayte Raymond, Inc., various issues from the 1930s and 1940s.
Superior Galleries. The L. W. Hoffecker Collection. Beverly Hills, California: Superior Galleries, 1987. Auction sale catalogue that includes a biography of L.W. Hoffecker and various of his memorabilia.
Swiatek, Anthony and Walter H. Breen. The Encyclopedia of United States Silver & Gold Commemorative Coins. New York: Arco Publishing, 1981. Reprint edition, Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc., Wolfeboro, NH, 1990, containing errata for the first edition, furnished by Walter Breen, plus a supplement covering new commemorative issues 1982-1989. The authors present a wealth of information including illustrations of original mailing envelopes, folders, etc., in which commemoratives were distributed.
Swiatek, Anthony. "Notes on Commems." Article in Coin World, October 22, 1986. Cincinnati commemorative half dollars including specially-numbered sets, are discussed.
Taxay, Don. U.S. Mint and Coinage. New York: Arco Publishing, 1966.
Taxay, Don. An Illustrated History of U.S. Commemorative Coinage. New York, Arco Publishing, 1967. The primary source in print for background information concerning the designs and modeling of commemorative half dollars, much of which consists of reprinted correspondence to and from members of the Commission of Fine Arts. This was the source of many quotations from this correspondence reproduced in the present text.
United States House of Representatives. Text of drafts and final versions of commemorative bills; transcripts of hearings on commemoratives. Various 19th- and 20th-century dates.
United States Mint (earlier designated as the Bureau of the Mint). Various news releases and announcements, particularly from 1982 to date.
United States Senate. Text of drafts and final versions of commemorative bills; transcripts of hearings on commemoratives. Various 19th- and 20th-century dates.
United States Treasury Department. Various news releases and announcements, particularly from 1982 to date.
Venneule, Cornelius. Numismatic Art in America. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. This book, a detailed study of coin motifs and inscriptions and their relationship to art, is one of the most insightful commentaries on commemorative coins ever to appear in book form.
Venneule, Cornelius. Philatelic Art in America. Weston, 1987. A study of various motifs, some of which were also used on coins.
Venneule, Cornelius. "The George Washington Half Dollar." Manuscript of unpublished article. Wilhite, Bob (editor) and Tom Michael (coin market analyst). Auction Prices Realized. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, various issues through 1991.
Winter, Sheri Joseph. Interview with the author, February 15, 1991. The sculptor-engraver discussed his work at the U.S. Mint.
Wood, Howland. Commemorative Coinage of the United States., The. New York City: American Numismatic which served as the basis for David M. Bullowa's 1938
Similarly titled and vastly updated work. Yeoman, Richard S. (Adapted from draft by Walter H. Breen). "The 1848 Quarter Eagle With CAL." Article in The Numismatist, July 1953.