 Bruce Cartwright , Jr . , was in charge of choosing a coin design for the Cook commission . Mrs. <unk> Castle , a civic @-@ minded person , arranged for him to meet Juliette May Fraser , a local artist . Cartwright had prepared cartoon @-@ style drawings , with the portrait of Cook based on a Wedgwood plaque that had been owned by Queen Emma , showing the explorer facing right . Within two days , Fraser had produced sketches . On November 2 , Charles Moore , chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts wrote to Assistant Director of the Mint Mary M. O 'Reilly that Juliette Fraser 's sketches were excellent and would translate well into a coin . 
