Journalist William McAllister, who provided articles for "Linn’s Stamp News" and "Coin World" while also serving on the staff of Washington, D.C.-area news media, has passed away at the age of 81.

Three CFA members reviewed 2020 and 2021 America the Beautiful design proposals June 21, but the full panel will reconvene for formal votes in July.

The three members of the commission present quickly endorsed all six of the Legion’s recommendations for its commemorative program.

The March 13 debate over three commemorative coins to mark the American Legion’s centennial seemed almost doomed from the start.

A six-person jury met Oct. 20 to endorse an obverse design for the four curved coins that will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee members expressed delight Sept. 19 at symbolic designs among proposals for the 2019 America the Beautiful quarter dollars.

For two congressional gold medals, the CCAC matched the CFA in endorsing designs honoring Filipino veterans of WW II but differed regarding the OSS medal.

Commission of Fine Arts Chairman Earl A. Powell didn’t like the design for the reverse of the 2019 Native America $1 coin endorsed by several groups.

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The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee’s review of five proposed World War I silver medals began on an ominous note.