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March 6, 1974

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[NEW BICENTENNIAL COIN DESIGN WINNERS]{.underline}

A Colonial drummer boy, Independence Hall and Liberty Bell overlapping
the moon are the Bicentennial reverse coin designs chosen to appear on
the quarter dollar, half dollar and dollar, respectively, Secretary of
the Treasury, George P. Shultz and Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the
Mint, announced today. The double date 1776-1976 will appear on the
front of each coin.

The three new coin designs were the winning entries submitted in the
National Bicentennial Coin Design Competition for the reverses of the
dollar, half dollar and quarter dollar. The Treasury Department is
awarding \$5,000 to each of the winning designers and his initials will
be incorporated in his design at the time the final coinage models are
prepared.

Jack L. Ahr, 1802 South Highland, Arlington Heights, Illinois, designed
the Colonial drummer boy that will appear on the back of the quarter. He
is the proprietor of Jack Ahr Design and Sales specializing in the
design of custom products.

Seth G. Huntington, 4153 Aldrich Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
is the designer of Independence Hall that will appear on the half dollar
reverse. He heads the Custom Art Department of Brown and Bigelow in
Minneapolis and is the winner of numerous citations and awards for his
art.

Dennis R. Williams, 880 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, designed the
Liberty Bell extending over the moon that was selected for the back of
the dollar coin. He is a 22 year old student majoring in sculpture at
the Columbus College of Art and Design. He was assigned the problem of
coin design by his sculpture instructor.

The new designs emblematic of the Bicentennial of the American
Revolution will appear on the three coins issued for circulation as
provided

for in Public Law 93-127. In addition, the law provides for the issuance
of at least 45 million silver clad proof and uncirculated specimens of
the new coins to be minted for issuance on or after July 4, 1975, and
sold at a price to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.

The Mint will announce the price and ordering dates for the special
silver clad Bicentennial coins at a later date. Persons wishing to be
placed on the Mint's mailing list to receive ordering information at the
appropriate time should write: The Bureau of the Mint, 55 Mint Street,
San Francisco, California 94175.

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[BIOGRAPHIES OF THE DESIGNERS FOR THE BICENTENNIAL COINS]{.underline}

On March 6, 1974, the Secretary of the Treasury and Director of the Mint
made the final selections of the three winning designs resulting from
the National Bicentennial Coin Design Competition for the reverses of
the dollar, half dollar and quarter. The Treasury Department awarded
\$5,000 to each of the winning designers.

JACK L. AHR, 1802 South Highland Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois
60005, designed the colonial drummer boy selected to appear on the
reverse of the quarter.

Mr. Ahr opened his own company, Jack Ahr Design and Sales in Arlington
Heights, two years ago. The company specializes in the design of custom
products, such as sales and employee incentive awards. For 16 years
prior to opening his own business, he was employed as an artist, art
director and director of creative services for companies serving the
high school, college and industrial markets, designing such items as
class rings, medals, pins,special awards and commemorative medallions.

He studied art for two years at the Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio, and continued his art studies at the John Herron
Institute of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana and the American Academy of Art,
Chicago, Illinois.

Mr. Ahr served two years in the U. S. Army stationed at Fort Knox,
Kentucky. Born June 23, 1931, at Cincinnati, Ohio, he is married and the
father of five children.

SETH G. HUNTINGTON'S design of Independence Hall was selected to apear
on the reverse of the half dollar. Mr. Huntington resides at 4153
Aldrich Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55409.

Currently he is manager and art director of the Custom Art Department of
Brown and Bigelow, the largest calendar and advertising specialty house
in the world. He is a graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and Design
and served on the faculty of the St. Paul Arts and Science Center.

His experience as an artist and designer has been in corporate design,
educational materials, book illustrations and advertising and display.
He has received numerous citations and awards including two "Printing
Industries of America" annual graphic arts awards. He has exhibited as a
potter and sculptor and specializes in small highly detailed pieces
sculpt in wax and cast in sterling through the lost wax process.

Born February 12, 1930, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he is married, the
father of eight children and he has two grandchildren.

DENNIS R. WILLIAMS, whose design of the Liberty Bell and moon has been
chosen for the back of the dollar coin, is a student.

He is 21 years old and in his junior year at the Columbus College of Art
and Design in Columbus, Ohio, majoring in sculpture. His sculpture
instructor assigned him the National Bicentennial Coin Design
Competition as a design problem.

Mr. Williams was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1952, but
resides at 880 East Broad Street in Columbus while attending school. He
says he would eventually like to teach sculpture at the college level
and plan to use his \$5,000 award to continue his education.

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