Paul C. Balan

Background

• He was born in Paete, Laguna, in the Philippines, and worked there as a painter and sculptor before moving to the United States in 2001.
• The U.S. Mint named him an Artistic Infusion Program associate designer in an August 2010 announcement.
• He is described as the first Filipino and first Asian artist in the Artistic Infusion Program.
• He designed the reverse of the 2015 American Liberty High Relief gold coin, which was sculpted by Don Everhart.
• His first circulating design was the reverse of the 2018 Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore quarter.
• He designed the obverse of the 2019 American Legion silver dollar and the reverse of the 2019 American Legion $5 gold coin.

The signed labels

PCGS CoinFacts lists label variants under his name, including “Paul C. Balan,” “Paul C. Balan Flag,” and a joint “Thomas Cleveland / Paul C. Balan” label.

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.