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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 801 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220 CCAC May 19, 2012 The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Dear Secretary Geithner: A public meeting of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (Committee) was held on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at United States Mint Headquarters in Washington, DC. The Committee reviewed proposed obverse and reverse designs for Code Talkers Congressional Gold Medals for the Comanche Nation, Kiowa Tribe, Santee Sioux Tribe and Tlingit Tribe. For the medal honoring the Comanche Nation Code Talkers, the Committee recommended Obverse-02 by collectively assigning 18 of the possible 30 points through the Committee’s scoring process. Reverse-02 received 21 of the possible 30 scoring points and is the Committee’s recommended reverse design. For the medal honoring Kiowa Tribe Code Talkers, the Committee recommended Obverse-01. The design garnered 22 of the possible 30 scoring points. For the reverse, the Committee collectively assigned 22 of the possible 30 scoring points to Reverse-02, thereby recommending the design. Santee Sioux design Obverse-01 was recommended by the Committee for the obverse of the medal honoring code talkers from this tribe. It received 25 of the 30 possible scoring points from Committee members. For the reverse, the Committee recommended Reverse-02 with a point score of 17 out of the 30 possible. The Committee further recommended that the words “Code Talkers” be added to Obverse-01 to bring consistency with the obverses of other code talker issues. In order to harmonize and more accurately portray tribal symbols on this medal, the Committee also recommended that Reverse-02 be modified by adding an arrowhead shield to the breast of the eagle, more accurately portraying the tribal peace pipe and assuring the correct number of tail feathers on the eagle. For the medal honoring the Tlingit Tribe Code Talkers, the Committee recommended Obverse01 with 25 of the possible 30 scoring points. Reverse-02 received 26 of the possible 30 scoring points and is the Committee’s recommended reverse design. Sincerely, Gary B. Marks Chair Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 801 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220 CCAC May 19, 2012 The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Dear Secretary Geithner: A public meeting of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (Committee) was held on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at United States Mint Headquarters in Washington, DC. The Committee reviewed proposed obverse and reverse designs for the 2013 Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin. For the coin’s obverse design, the Committee recommended design GS-O-09. The design, which garnered 22 of the 30 possible points through the Committee’s scoring process, depicts a grouping of three girls to represent the different ages and diversity of the Girl Scouts. The Committee recommended reverse design GS-R-06 by collectively assigning 28 of the 30 possible points available through the Committee’s scoring process. The design features the contemporary Girl Scout Profiles Service Mark which includes the profile images of three girls. Committee members remarked that the design would render particularly well on a coin due to its effective use of contrast between the raised frosted devices and the mirror fields. Committee members further expressed strong support for the pairing of the recommended obverse and reverse designs due to their complimentary natures in portraying the three girl design theme in the contrasting use of realism on the obverse and a graphical portrayal on the reverse through the use of the profile service mark. Committee members felt the obverse and reverse pairing would produce a distinctive and beautiful coin. In order to efficiently employ the use of the various inscriptions to be included on this coin, the Committee recommended that the obverse inscription, “100 Years of Girl Scouting” appearing on the upper edge of the design be replaced with, “Courage, Confidence, Character”. Further, the Committee recommended that the number “100” be added to the trefoil device depicted on the obverse as a way of signifying the centennial of the Girl Scouts. For the recommended reverse design, the Committee recommended that the words “E Pluribus Unum” appearing on the lower edge of the composition be moved upward to replace the words “100 Years” appearing below the profile service mark. Finally, the Committee recommended that the words “Girl Scouts” be placed at the lower edge of the reverse design (where “E Pluribus Unum had previously appeared). Sincerely, Gary B. Marks Chair