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April 22, 2024 The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Dear Madam Secretary: The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) held a public meeting on April 16, 2024, during which the CCAC reviewed the candidate designs for the 2025 American Liberty 24-karat High Relief Gold Coin and Silver Medal. The United States Mint launched the American Liberty 24k High Relief Gold Coin and Silver Medal program in 2015 with the intent to celebrate bold interpretations of the concept of American Liberty. Designs for this biennial program feature modern versions of Liberty on the obverse, which in recent years have included a personification of Liberty as a young woman (2015, 2017, 2019), Liberty as an American mustang (2021), and as a bristlecone pine tree (2023), each paired with contemporary eagle designs on the reverse. The American Liberty designs are released as a 24-karat gold coin and, typically, a matching silver medal, although there is no statutory requirement that the gold coin and silver medal share the same obverse and reverse designs. The CCAC was provided with a sizeable portfolio of obverse and reverse candidate designs. After robust deliberation, the CCAC unanimously approved a motion to recommend candidate designs AML-06-O-12-C and AML-06-R-12A-C for obverse and reverse of the gold coin, and for the silver medal obverse, the CCAC recommends candidate design AML-02-O-02-M. No reverse design is recommended at this time for the silver medal. The CCAC requested that the Mint develop new reverses for the silver medal that can better complement the recommended silver medal obverse design. If the Mint’s production timeline does not allow for that, the medal versions of the CCAC’s recommended gold coin obverse and reverse designs will serve as the default for the silver medal (e.g., AML-06-O-12-M and AML-06-R-12-M). It is an honor to serve as the Chair of the CCAC and proud of the CCAC’s role in United States coins and medals. Sincerely, Peter van Alfen, PhD, CCAC Chair April 22, 2024 The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Dear Madam Secretary: The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) held a public meeting on April 17, 2024, during which they reviewed the candidate designs for the Ventris C. Gibson Director of the Mint medal. As part of its bronze medal portfolio, the United States Mint has historically produced Director of the Mint medals to commemorate the Directors and their legacies. Director Gibson was directly involved in the development of the design portfolio for this medal. Following a brief discussion, the CCAC unanimously approved a motion to recommended Director Gibson’s preferred design candidates VCG-O-01A and VCG-R-01 for the obverse and reverse of the medal. It is an honor to serve as the Chair of the CCAC and proud of the CCAC’s role in United States coins and medals. Sincerely, Peter van Alfen, PhD, CCAC Chair April 22, 2024 The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Dear Madam Secretary: The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) held a public meeting on April 17, 2024, during which the CCAC reviewed the candidate designs for the 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Program. The Marine Corps was founded on November 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, when two battalions of Continental Marines were formed. In 2025, the Marine Corps will celebrate its 250th Anniversary. Designs for this program are to be emblematic of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps. The Mint worked with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation in the development of these designs. Two liaisons from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation were present at the meeting: Major General James W. Lukeman (USMC ret.) and Jennifer Vanderveld. Following Major General Lukeman’s impassioned presentation on the symbolic significance and reasoning for the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s candidate design preferences, the CCAC reviewed all the candidate designs and deliberated. Subsequently, the CCAC approved a motion (nine in favor, one against) to recommend the liaisons’ preferences: that all three coins in the program share a common reverse (USMC-S-R-05); that USMC-G-O-09 depicting a Marine Color Guard Platoon serve as the obverse for the gold coin; that USMC-C-O-03 depicting the iconic flag raising on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945 by men of the 5th Marine Division serve as the obverse for the silver coin (note that this obverse is from the clad coin portfolio); and that USMC-S-O-05B depicting the notion that every Marine is first and foremost a rifleman yesterday and today serve as the obverse for the clad coin (note that this obverse design is from the silver portfolio). It is an honor to serve as the Chair of the CCAC and proud of the CCAC’s role in United States coins and medals. Sincerely, Peter van Alfen, PhD, CCAC Chair April 22, 2024 The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Dear Madam Secretary: The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) held a public meeting on April 17, 2024, during which they reviewed the candidate designs for the Janet Yellen Secretary of the Treasury Medal. As part of its bronze medal portfolio, the United States Mint has historically produced Secretary of the Treasury Medals to commemorate the Secretaries and their legacies. The medals typically feature portraits of the Secretary and the beginning dates of their terms. Reverse elements often include meaningful symbols, seals, and quotes. The United States Mint worked closely with you and your staff in development of a design portfolio. Following a brief discussion, the CCAC unanimously approved a motion to recommended your preferred design candidates JY-O-05 and JY-R-04 for the obverse and reverse of the medal. However, the CCAC also recommends that the inscription on the reverse of the medal be reconfigured by the Mint to make clearer that you are the 78th Secretary, not the “78th United States”. It is an honor to serve as the Chair of the CCAC and proud of the CCAC’s role in United States coins and medals. Sincerely, Peter van Alfen, PhD, CCAC Chair