Thomas D. Rogers, Sr. (born 1945) is a former sculptor-engraver with the United States Mint and designer of several U.S. coins, including the 2000–2008 reverse side of the United States Golden dollar coins, or Sacagawea dollars.[1] Rogers holds an A.A.S. degree with a major in commercial art. He joined the U.S. Mint in October 1991, working at the Philadelphia Mint facility, and retired in 2001.[2] As of 2003 he was residing in Long Beach, Washington,[3] and as of 2009 he was living and working in Oregon.[2] His design for the Sacagawea dollar was modified slightly before it went into circulation.[1]
Rogers designed the reverses of four of the State Quarters, including those for Maryland, Massachusetts and South Carolina.[3] He designed the original reverse of the American Platinum Eagle,[4] which was used on the proof version of that coin's first year (1997) and on non-proof Platinum Eagles of all dates,[1] and designed the reverses of two subsequent years of the proof version of the same coin, those of 1998 and 2001.[4]
Additionally, Rogers designed the obverses of the 1996 silver $1 coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution[5] and the 2000 Library of Congress $10 coin,[6] and designed both sides of several other United States commemorative coins.[2]
Although retired from the U.S. Mint, Rogers has subsequently carried out some design work for the Mint as an independent artist under contract.[7] In 2014, Rogers designed the reverse of the 2016 Sacagawea dollar,[7] [8] which honors Native American code talkers from World Wars I and II.[8]
. Richard S. Yeoman. Bressett. Kenneth. Kenneth Bressett. The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins (63rd Edition: 2010). 2009. Whitman Publishing. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.. 978-079482763-2. 226–227, 346–348.