Gilroy Roberts
Gilroy Roberts (March 11, 1905 – January 26, 1992) was an American sculptor. He served as the ninth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1948 until 1964.
Gilroy Roberts
- Name
- Gilroy Roberts
- Born
- 11 March 1905
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- 26 January 1992
- Place of death
- Havertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Nationality
- United States
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Gilroy Roberts (March 11, 1905 – January 26, 1992) was an American sculptor. He served as the ninth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1948 until 1964.
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• Name — Gilroy Roberts • Office — 9th Chief Engraver of the United States Mint • Term Start — 1948 • Term End — 1964 • Predecessor — John R. Sinnock • Successor — Frank Gasparro • Born — 11 March 1905 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Died — 26 January 1992 • Place of death — Havertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Occupation — Sculptor • Illustration — A half dollar obverse
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Career
Roberts is perhaps most famous for designing the obverse of the Kennedy Half Dollar. At the Philadelphia Mint he was designing and engraving coins, and presidential and congressional medals. After being hired in 1936, Roberts worked as an understudy to John R. Sinnock. During his career, he engraved medals for Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Roberts retired from the U.S. Mint in 1964 to join The Franklin Mint, a private foundation that was established in the same year. He is the first Chief Engraver to retire from the position, as each of his predecessors held the position until their deaths. Roberts appeared as himself on the April 20, 1964 episode of the CBS gameshow To Tell The Truth.
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Personal life
Roberts married Lillian Sharpless Pancoast in 1927, and they had a son.
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Gilroy Roberts is recorded as engraver and medalist.
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1905
Gilroy Roberts born at Philadelphia.
1992
Gilroy Roberts died.
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