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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Public Meeting Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 9:00 AM United State Mint Headquarters 801 9th Street NW, 2nd Floor Conference Room Washington, D.C. In attendance: Michael Bugeja Erik Jansen Gary Marks (Chair) Michael Moran Michael Olson Michael Ross Donald Scarinci Jeanne Stevens-Sollman Thomas Uram Heidi Wastweet 1. Chairperson Marks called the meeting to order at 9:15 A.M. 2. The letters and minutes of the June 25, 2013 meeting were unanimously approved. 3. April Stafford of the United States Mint presented the candidate designs for the 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Program. Desiree Boykin, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the United Negro College Fund thanked the Committee for the opportunity to be present at the meeting. 4. After each member had commented on the candidate designs, Committee members rated proposed designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points reflecting more favorable evaluations. With ten (10) members voting, the maximum possible point total was thirty (30). The committee’s scores for the 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Program: Obverse designs: CR64-O-01: 0 CR64-O-02: 0 CR64-O-03: 1 CR64-O-04: 12 CR64-O-05: 1 CR64-O-06: 0 CR64-O-07: 0 CR64-O-08: 7 CR64-O-09: 0 CR64-O-10: 24 (Recommended design) CR64-O-11: 1 CR64-O-12: 3 CR64-O-13: 0 CR64-O-14: 0 CR64-O-15: 12 Reverse designs: CR64-R-01: 5 CR64-R-02: 25 (Recommended design) CR64-R-03: 0 CR64-R-04: 11 CR64-R-05: 0 CR64-R-06: 0 CR64-R-07: 0 CR64-R-08: 4 CR64-R-09: 5 CR64-R-10: 4 CR64-R-01: 0 CR64-R-01: 0 5. April Stafford of the United States Mint presented the candidate obverse designs for the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program. 6. After each member had commented on the candidate designs, Committee members rated proposed designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points reflecting more favorable evaluations. With ten (10) members voting, the maximum possible point total was thirty (30). The committee’s scores for the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program: Obverse designs: HOF-01: 30 (Recommended design) HOF-02: 6 HOF-03: 5 HOF-04: 5 HOF-05: 4 HOF-06: 7 HOF-07: 10 HOF-08: 4 HOF-09: 5 HOF-10: 9 HOF-11: 8 HOF-12: 5 HOF-13: 5 HOF-14: 6 (There was no HOF-15) HOF-16: HOF-17: 4 5 7. Mr. Olson made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Jansen, to recommend the Committee’s recommended design, HOF-01, be modified to delete the wheat sheaves shown on the baseball glove image. The motion was approved on a vote of seven (7) ayes, two (2) nays and one (1) abstention. Subsequently, a motion was made by Mr. Scarinci, and seconded by Mr. Olson, to recommend that Mint artists be given artistic license to achieve the best design result for HOF-01. The motion was unanimously approved. 8. Concerning the Committee’s recommendation that design CR64-O-10 be selected for the obverse of the 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Program, a motion was made by Mr. Uram and seconded by Mr. Olson, to further recommend that the words “In God We Trust” appearing near the lower rim of the design be curved to follow the curvature of the coin. The motion was unanimously approved. Subsequently, a motion was made by Mr. Marks, and seconded by Ms. Wastweet, to recommend that the cauldron appearing on the Committee’s recommended reverse design, CR64-R-02, be slightly enlarged to give it a more pronounced presence on the design. The motion was unanimously approved. An additional motion was made by Ms. Wastweet, and seconded by Mr. Olson, to recommend that the band appearing around the outer perimeter of CR64-R-02 be raised and the letters appearing on the band be incused. The motion was unanimously approved. 9. The Committee discussed potential recommendations for its FY2013 Annual Report. The discussion established the consensus of the Committee to retain its prior year recommendation for the circulating American Liberty Commemorative Coinage Program and to recommend, as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Half Dollar design, that mint marks appearing on the 2014 Kennedy Half Dollar be placed on the reverse of the coin similar to the placement of the mintmark on the half dollar’s initial year of issuance in 1964. Concerning recommendations for future commemorative programs, the Committee’s consensus was to maintain its 2016 recommendation to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Route 66 and, likewise, to maintain its 2017 recommendation to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the acquisition of the Alaska Territory. Mr. Marks noted that the Committee could make two recommendations for 2018 and that members had proposed three potential programs. One of those is the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Airmail Service proposed by Mr. Bugeja. Mr. Bugeja addressed how such a program would bring an opportunity for collaboration with the U.S. Postal Service. The other two proposals were put forward by Mr. Marks. They included a commemoration of the nation’s fallen firefighters (similar to the 1997 National Police Officers Memorial Commemorative Silver Dollar) and the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The World War I commemoration was proposed by Mr. Marks to include two silver dollars. The first would be a 2018 high relief version of Anthony de Francisci’s Peace Dollar and the second dollar coin would bear a modern design commemorating the end of the war and honoring those who served. Mr. Marks concluded the discussion by indicating that the Committee would evaluate the three commemorative proposals for 2018 further at its next meeting and, at that time, select two to put forward as recommendations. 10. Acting Director of the United States Mint, Richard Peterson, introduced United States Representative Terri Sewell of Birmingham, Alabama. Representative Sewell addressed the Committee concerning designs for the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Victims Congressional Gold Medal Program. Subsequently, Committee members and Representative Sewell discussed specific design topics and exchanged ideas relative to the various designs submitted by the United States Mint for the gold medal program. 11. April Stafford of the United States Mint presented the candidate designs for the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Victims Congressional Gold Medal Program. Subsequently, discussions among Committee members and Mint staff resulted in Don Everhart, U.S. Mint Sculptor-Engraver, creating a modified version of the design known as Obverse 01A. The modified version was labeled as Obverse 18 for purposes of the Committee’s evaluation process. Obverse 18 showed the names of the four bombing victims spaced evenly around the entirety of the outer perimeter. Additionally, the inscription, “PIVOTAL IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY”, and the date, “SEPTEMBER 15, 1963”, were shown horizontally centered across the lower portion of the design over the outlines of the four girls who were killed in the bombing incident. Likewise, a modified version of the design known as Reverse 06A was developed by Mr. Everhart during the discussion. The modified version was labeled as Reverse 12 for purposes of the Committee’s evaluation process. Reverse 12 shows the 16th Street Baptist Church as originally depicted on the design, however, all inscriptions were changed. The words, “ACT OF CONGRESS 2013”, were centered on the upper perimeter of the design and the inscription, “IN MEMORY OF THE FOUR GIRLS KILLED IN THE BOMBING OF THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH” was shown horizontally and stacked on the left side of the medal. Finally, the inscription, “BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA” was centered on the lower perimeter of the design. 12. After each member had commented on the candidate designs, Committee members rated proposed designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points reflecting more favorable evaluations. With ten (10) members voting, the maximum possible point total was thirty (30). The committee’s scores for the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Victims Congressional Gold Medal Program: Obverse designs: 16BC-Obverse-01: 16BC-Obverse-01A: 0 3 16BC-Obverse-02: 16BC-Obverse-03: 16BC-Obverse-04: 16BC-Obverse-05: 16BC-Obverse-06: 16BC-Obverse-07: 16BC-Obverse-08: 16BC-Obverse-09: 16BC-Obverse-10: 16BC-Obverse-11: 16BC-Obverse-12: 16BC-Obverse-13: 16BC-Obverse-14: 16BC-Obverse-15: 16BC-Obverse-16: 16BC-Obverse-17: 16BC-Obverse-18: 3 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 4 6 3 29 (Recommended design)* *This design was reported as Obverse-01A in the transmittal letter to Secretary Lew. See paragraph 11 (above) for details. Reverse designs: 16BC-Reverse-01: 2 16BC-Reverse-02: 1 16BC-Reverse-03: 13 16BC-Reverse-04: 0 16BC-Reverse-05: 0 16BC-Reverse-06: 3 16BC-Reverse-06A: 3 16BC-Reverse-07: 0 16BC-Reverse-08: 2 16BC-Reverse-09: 0 16BC-Reverse-10: 12 16BC-Reverse-11: 6 16BC-Reverse-12: 28 (Recommended design)* *This design was reported as Obverse-06A in the transmittal letter to Secretary Lew. See paragraph 11 (above) for details. 13. April Stafford of the United States Mint presented the candidate reverse designs for the 2014 Native American $1 Coin Program. 14. After each member had commented on the candidate designs, Committee members rated proposed designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points reflecting more favorable evaluations. With ten (10) members voting, the maximum possible point total was thirty (30). The committee’s scores for the 2014 Native American $1 Coin Program: Reverse designs: 2014-NA-R-01: 17 2014-NA-R-02: 4 2014-NA-R-03: 23 (Recommended design) 2014-NA-R-04: 4 2014-NA-R-05: 2 2014-NA-R-06: 6 (There was no 2014-NA-R-07) 2014-NA-R-08: 5 15. There being no further business, Chairperson Marks adjourned the meeting at 3:45 p.m.