Coin designers
Chris Costello
Coin and Medal Designer
Chris Costello has been a U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist since 2010 and designed the reverse of the 2017-W American Liberty $100 gold coin. He signs NGC labels exclusively.
Background
- He has been a U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist since 2010.
- He designed the reverse of the 2017-W American Liberty $100 gold coin, which won a 2019 Coin of the Year award.
- He designed the obverse of the 2019 American Legion $5 gold coin.
- His other designs include the 2019 San Antonio Missions quarter reverse, the 2017 Native American $1 reverse, and the 2021 Tuskegee Airmen quarter reverse.
The signed labels
NGC announced his exclusive signature labels on January 29, 2020.
How to check a signed label
Every signed label is printed with the coin's certification number. Look the number up at pcgs.com/cert or ngccoin.com/certlookup. The record should match the coin, the grade and the label type shown in the holder.
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