“Chris Costello has beautifully retold the Mayflower story through numismatic art, while also highlighting important themes which continue to resonate with us in the U.K. and U.S. today.”

—Clare Maclennan
Director of Commemorative Coins, The Royal Mint

2022 Negro Leagues Baseball
Commemorative Half Dollar
obverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by John P. McGraw
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2021 Tuskegee Airmen
National Historic Site Quarter
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Phebe Hemphill
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2021 H.G. Wells
Commemorative £2 Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Emma Noble
Image copyright The Royal Mint. Used with permission.

Designing the H.G. Wells Commemorative Coin

2020 Mayflower 400th Anniversary
Commemorative Gold Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Joe Menna
See all of my designs reviewed by the CCAC and CFA
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

Mayflower 2020
Commemorative £2 Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Jody Clark.
Images copyright The Royal Mint. Used with permission.

2019 San Antonio Missions
National Historical Park Quarter
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Joe Menna
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2018 Block Island
National Wildlife Refuge Quarter
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Phebe Hemphill
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2019 COIN OF THE YEAR AWARD
BEST GOLD COIN
2017 American Liberty
225th Anniversary Gold Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Michael Gaudioso
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2017 Boys Town
Commemorative Half Dollar
obverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Renata Gordon
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2016 Betty Ford
First Spouse Gold Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Renata Gordon
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2016 National Park Service 100th Anniversary
Commemorative Silver Dollar
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Jim Licaretz
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2016 Mark Twain
Commemorative Silver Dollar
obverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Michael Gaudioso
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2015 Ladybird Johnson
First Spouse Gold Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Renata Gordon
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

NOMINATED
2016 COIN OF THE YEAR AWARD
MOST INSPIRATIONAL
2014 Eleanor Roosevelt
First Spouse Gold Coin
obverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Phebe Hemphill
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

NOMINATED
2016 COIN OF THE YEAR AWARD
MOST INSPIRATIONAL
2014 Eleanor Roosevelt
First Spouse Gold Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Renata Gordon
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2014 Native Hospitality and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Native American $1 Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Joseph Menna
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2014 Great Smoky Mountains
National Park Quarter
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Renata Gordon
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

2013 Edith Roosevelt
First Spouse Gold Coin
reverse
Pencil on paper • Sculpt by Don Everhart
Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

Watch my interview with CBS KENS5 San Antonio as we talk about the 2019 San Antonio Missions National Historic Park Quarter. Also, in this video, United States Mint Chief Engraver Joe Menna and I discuss the design and sculpt of the coin.

“Well done Chris. I certainly appreciated your talents while I was the Mint Director! The good news is that we all will have the opportunity to see much more from you for many years to come”

—David Ryder
Director, United States Mint

“You rock, Chris. Excellent job, the figures display a sense of dignity.”

—John Mercanti
Chief Engraver, United States Mint

Complete list of coins and medals
designed for The United States Mint