JOHNSON, D. Wayne (1930- ) designer, numismatist, author.
Full name: Richard Wayne Johnson.
Born Kansas City, Missouri, 27 August 1930.
Employed by Medallic Art Company as staff numismatist,
cataloger, researcher, editor The Art Medalist, Jan 1966--
Dec 1976. Established company archives and compiled
card catalog of firm's issues 1907–1975.Rehired 33 years
later, appointed Corporate Historian for the firm.
M E D A L S E R I E S
Old Time Assay Commissioner Soc Meeting Medal Series:
(First three medals in this series designed by William
Louth (q.v.), remaining medals – five and after –
designed by sculptors who prepared the models.)
Full name: Richard Wayne Johnson.
Born Kansas City, Missouri, 27 August 1930.
Employed by Medallic Art Company as staff numismatist,
cataloger, researcher, editor The Art Medalist, Jan 1966--
Dec 1976. Established company archives and compiled
card catalog of firm's issues 1907–1975.Rehired 33 years
later, appointed Corporate Historian for the firm.
M E D A L S E R I E S
Old Time Assay Commissioner Soc Meeting Medal Series:
(First three medals in this series designed by William
Louth (q.v.), remaining medals – five and after –
designed by sculptors who prepared the models.)
1968 OTACS Fourth Meeting San Diego Medal (design by
Johnson, hand cut dies; struck by Medallic Art
Co). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1965-069-004
Auctions:. . . . . J&J 8:1614; PCA 56:1691, PCA 64:1764
Modeled for portrait along with four other Medallic
Art employees (DWJ is seated in glasses):
19xx Sales Executives Award Medal. . . . . .
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
P5 {1967} Johnson (D. Wayne) Home of the Art Medal: An Exclusive Coinage Tour
Through the Historic Medallic Art Company Coinage (December 1967) p 21-29.
Px {1970} Johnson (D. Wayne) Modern Patinas Coins Magazine 17:6 (June 1970) p 26-29.
F28a{1971} Johnson (D. Wayne) My Mind Was Full of Lincoln [Medals of Victor
David Brenner] Coins Magazine 18:5 (May 1971) p 30-35. Reprinted: America's
Greatest Numismatic Sculptor: Victor D. Brenner (1871-1924) The Shekel 4:2 (1971) p 2-7.
Px {1971} Johnson (D. Wayne) The Steps To Lincoln. Coin Mart 3:4 (Winter 1971) p 26-28, illus.
S23 {1972) Johnson (D. Wayne) The Medals of the American Numismatic Society
Coins Magazine 19:8 (August 1972) p 22-27.
M36 {1976} Johnson (D. Wayne) Premature Circle of Precocious Friends [Circle of
Friends of the Medallion] Coins Magazine 22:11 (November 1976) p 72-69.
P4 {1985} Johnson (D. Wayne) So-Called Half Dollars Short Lived TAMS Journal 25:4
(August 1985) p 130-131.
V3 {1997} Johnson (D. Wayne) Medal Maker: Master Sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser.
Narrated by Elizabeth Jones. 27-minute video.
N40 {2009} Kleeberg and Alexander, An Island of Civility; the Centennial History of
The New York Numismatic Club 1908/09-2008/09. New York: The Club, p 341.
Johnson, hand cut dies; struck by Medallic Art
Co). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1965-069-004
Auctions:. . . . . J&J 8:1614; PCA 56:1691, PCA 64:1764
Modeled for portrait along with four other Medallic
Art employees (DWJ is seated in glasses):
19xx Sales Executives Award Medal. . . . . .
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
P5 {1967} Johnson (D. Wayne) Home of the Art Medal: An Exclusive Coinage Tour
Through the Historic Medallic Art Company Coinage (December 1967) p 21-29.
Px {1970} Johnson (D. Wayne) Modern Patinas Coins Magazine 17:6 (June 1970) p 26-29.
F28a{1971} Johnson (D. Wayne) My Mind Was Full of Lincoln [Medals of Victor
David Brenner] Coins Magazine 18:5 (May 1971) p 30-35. Reprinted: America's
Greatest Numismatic Sculptor: Victor D. Brenner (1871-1924) The Shekel 4:2 (1971) p 2-7.
Px {1971} Johnson (D. Wayne) The Steps To Lincoln. Coin Mart 3:4 (Winter 1971) p 26-28, illus.
S23 {1972) Johnson (D. Wayne) The Medals of the American Numismatic Society
Coins Magazine 19:8 (August 1972) p 22-27.
M36 {1976} Johnson (D. Wayne) Premature Circle of Precocious Friends [Circle of
Friends of the Medallion] Coins Magazine 22:11 (November 1976) p 72-69.
P4 {1985} Johnson (D. Wayne) So-Called Half Dollars Short Lived TAMS Journal 25:4
(August 1985) p 130-131.
V3 {1997} Johnson (D. Wayne) Medal Maker: Master Sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser.
Narrated by Elizabeth Jones. 27-minute video.
N40 {2009} Kleeberg and Alexander, An Island of Civility; the Centennial History of
The New York Numismatic Club 1908/09-2008/09. New York: The Club, p 341.