Mint directors & Treasury officials

Ron Harrigal

U.S. Mint Director of Design and Engraving (Ret.)

Ron Harrigal spent more than three decades at the U.S. Mint and was its Director of Design and Engraving from 2015 to 2021, managing the 2021 American Eagle redesign. He signs NGC labels exclusively.

Background

He joined U.S. Mint headquarters in 1985 with a mechanical engineering degree from West Virginia University.
He was the Mint's Director of Design and Engraving from 2015 until he retired in 2021.
He worked on the modern edge lettering of the Sacagawea and American Innovation dollars.
He set planchet specifications for the American Gold Buffalo and American Palladium Eagle, and die specifications for the first U.S. concave coins.
He managed the 2021 Silver and Gold Eagle redesign and oversaw the Mint's first laser frosting and the 2021 Morgan dollar privy marks.

The signed labels

NGC announced his exclusive signature label on August 25, 2022.

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.

More mint directors & treasury officials