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Donna Weaver studied sculpting, painting and print-making at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, graduating with a fine arts degree in 1966. A native of northern Kentucky, she worked for several of the area’s toy companies, including Kenner Toys and Hasbro, sculpting action figures and other toys.
From 2000 until her retirement in 2006, she served as a medallic artist at the United States Mint at Philadelphia. While at the United States Mint, Weaver designed and or sculpted over forty coins or medals.
She revived the art of miniature bas-relief wax portraiture, which was popular in the U.S. between 1750 and 1840. Named one of Early American Life magazine’s best artists, Weaver’s wax portraits are judged to be of museum quality.
She divides her time between sculpting wax portraits, gallery exhibits and commissioned work and participating in living history events and juried shows in several states.
Coin Design Credits:
2025 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program - obverse
2024 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program - obverse
2023 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program - obverse
2022 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program - obverse
2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coin Program - Gold reverse
2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Program - Gold obverse
2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Program - Gold reverse
2021 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program - obverse
2021 Native American $1 Coin - reverse
2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program - Common reverse
2020 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park reverse
2019 American Innovation $1 Coin Program - Delaware reverse
2019 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program - American Memorial Park reverse
2018 American Innovation $1 Coin - reverse
2018 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program - Cumberland Island National Seashore reverse
2017 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Program - Gold obverse
2017 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Program - Gold reverse
2015 U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program - Gold obverse
2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Silver Dollar Coin - reverse
2014 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program - Arches National Park reverse
2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Program - Gold obverse
2012 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program - Chaco Culture National Historical Park reverse
2011 United States Army Commemorative Coin Program - Clad obverse
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program - Chickasaw National Recreation Area reverse
2010 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Program - reverse
2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar - obverse
2008 American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coin Program - Clad reverse
2007 Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program - Silver obverse
2007 50 State Quarters Program - Montana reverse
2007 50 State Quarters Program - Idaho reverse
2007 50 State Quarters Program - Wyoming reverse
Medal Design Credits:
2022 U.S. Armed Forces Silver Medals Program - Navy obverse
Chinese American Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal - obverse
Chinese American Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Anwar El Sadat Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Pueblo of Laguna Tribe obverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Pueblo of Laguna Tribe reverse
Foot Soldiers of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March Congressional Gold Medal - obverse
Foot Soldiers of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Monuments Men Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
U.S. Army 65th Infantry Regiment Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Civil Air Patrol Congressional Gold Medal - obverse
Civil Air Patrol Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe obverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe reverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Menominee Nation reverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Meskwaki Nation reverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Cherokee Nation obverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe obverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Tonto Apache Tribe reverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Oneida Nation obverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Oneida Nation reverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Pueblo of Acoma Tribe obverse
Code Talkers Recognition Congressional Medals Program - Pueblo of Acoma Tribe reverse
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Victims Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
Professor Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal - obverse
2011 September 11 National Medal - obverse
2011 September 11 National Medal - reverse
Presidential Medal Program - George W. Bush (Term 2) obverse
Coin and Medal Design Credits:
2020 End of World War II 75th Anniversary Gold Coin and Silver Medal - reverse
2019 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin and Silver Medal - reverse
2013 First Spouse Coin and Medal Program - Ida McKinley reverse
2012 First Spouse Coin and Medal Program - Caroline Harrison reverse
2011 First Spouse Coin and Medal Program - Julia Grant obverse
2010 First Spouse Coin and Medal Program - Jane Pierce obverse
2010 First Spouse Coin and Medal Program - Jane Pierce reverse
2009 First Spouse Coin and Medal Program - Anna Harrison obverse
2008 First Spouse Coin and Medal Program - Elizabeth Monroe reverse
Design and Sculpting Credits as a U.S. Mint Medallic Artist
The Secretary of the Treasury selected these designs for use on a coin or medal. The artist also executed the sculpts required to produce these coins and medals:
2006 Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Program - Founding Father Silver reverse
2005 Henrietta Holsman Fore Director of the Mint Bronze Medal - obverse
2005 Henrietta Holsman Fore Director of the Mint Bronze Medal - reverse
2005 American Eagle Platinum Coin - reverse
2005 Chief Justice John Marshall Silver Dollar - reverse
2005 50 State Quarters Program - Oregon reverse
2004 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
2004 American Eagle Platinum Coin - reverse
2004 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Silver Dollar - obverse
2004 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Silver Dollar - reverse
2004 Thomas Alva Edison Silver Dollar - obverse
2003 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
2003 Dorothy Height Congressional Gold Medal - obverse
2003 Jackie Robinson Congressional Gold Medal - obverse
2003 National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Medal Series - Common obverse
2003 First in Flight Centennial Commemortive Coin Program - obverse
2003 First in Flight Centennial Commemortive Coin Program - reverse
2003 50 State Quarters Program - Maine reverse
2003 50 State Quarters Program - Illinois reverse
2002 Olympic Winter Games Commemorative Coin Program - Gold obverse
2002 Olympic Winter Games Commemorative Coin Program - Gold reverse
2002 50 State Quarters Program - Tennessee reverse
2002 50 State Quarters Program - Mississippi reverse
2002 50 State Quarters Program - Indiana reverse
2001 50 State Quarters Program - Ohio reverse
2000 Ronald and Nancy Reagan Congressional Gold Medal - reverse
2000 Charles M. Schulz Congressional Medal - obverse
2000 Charles M. Schulz Congressional Medal - reverse
Design Credits
The Secretary of the Treasury selected this design for use on a coin or medal:
2003 First in Flight Centennial Commemorative Coin Program - Clad reverse
2002 General H. Hugh Shelton Congressional Gold Medal - obverse
2002 Olympic Winter Games Commemorative Coin Program - Silver reverse
Sculpting Credits
The artist executed the sculpts required to produce these coins and medals:
2006 Westward Journey Nickel Series™ - Return To Monticello obverse
2006 50 State Quarters Program - North Dakota reverse
2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series™ - Ocean in View reverse
2004 50 State Quarters Program - Michigan reverse
2001 Lawrence H. Summers Secretary of the Treasury Bronze Medal - reverse
2001 Jay W. Johnson Director of the Mint Bronze Medal - reverse
2001 Capitol Visitor Center Commemorative Coin Program - Clad obverse | 
