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TOM URAM APPOINTED CCAC CHAIRBrandon Christopher Hall of Coin Update published an article December 17, 2018 about the appointment of Tom Uram to head the CCAC. See the full article online for more of the interview and photos of the committee and its members. -Editor Thomas “Tom” J. Uram has recently been appointed by Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to succeed Mary N. Lannin as chair of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) for a term of one year. Lannin will continue to serve as an active member of the CCAC. Uram has been a committee member of the CCAC since 2012 and was reappointed again by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. In addition to being appointed as the new chair of the CCAC, he holds active roles as a governor of the American Numismatic Association (ANA) and president of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists. Brandon Hall: What was your favorite coin or medal to help recommend a design for?  Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee member Thomas Uram (foreground) and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza at a June 2017 CCAC meeting at Mint headquarters in Washington. (CCAC members Erik Jansen and Jeanne Stevens-Sollman in the background.) (Photo by Dennis Tucker.) Tom Uram: It’s timely because I had the most influence on the selection of the Apollo 11 design. I was one of the three representatives from the CCAC who met with three other representatives from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. This was a unique selection since it was based on competition. I really felt the footprint was going to be the best design for all planchet sizes. It’s a super commemorative with the helmet on the obverse then the footprint on the reverse. We have the whole astronaut, head to toe. Good luck Mary, and thanks for your service. Chairing the CCAC is a tough job requiring careful navigation of Congress, the Mint and the committee itelf, as well as the collecting community and coin industry, all tugging in different directions for their own interests and constituencies. Best of luck to Tom in his new role. -Editor To read the complete article, see: THE BOOK BAZARREWayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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