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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Public Meeting Wednesday, July 26, 2011, 9:00 AM United State Mint Headquarters 801 9th Street NW, Hearing Room 220 South Washington, D.C. In attendance: Doreen Bolger Michael Bugeja Arthur Houghton Erik Jansen Gary Marks (Chair) Michael Olson Donald Scarinci Heidi Wastweet 1. Chairperson Marks called the meeting to order at 9:05 A.M. 2. The letter and minutes of the March 1, 2011 meeting were unanimously approved. 3. Acting Mint Director Dick Peterson administered an oath of office to new member, Dr. Michael Bugeja. Dr. Bugeja was welcomed by the Committee. 4. The letter and minutes of the June 27, 2011 meeting were unanimously approved. 5. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented the candidate gold and silver obverse designs for the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Program. 6. After each member had commented on the candidate obverse designs, Committee members rated proposed designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points reflecting more favorable evaluations. With eight (8) members voting, the maximum possible point total was 24. Gold and silver obverse designs were consolidated and evaluated together by members. The intent of the Committee was to identify their preferred designs overall and then decide, by motion, an assignment of the preferred designs between the gold and silver obverses. The Committee’s scores for the obverse of the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Program were: SSB-G-O-01: SSB-G-O-02: SSB-G-O-03: SSB-G-O-04: SSB-G-O-05: 1 0 0 0 6 SSB-G-O-06: 0 SSB-G-O-07: 5 SSB-G-O-08: 17 SSB-G-O-09: 4 SSB-G-O-10: 17 SSB-S-O-01: 4 SSB-S-O-02: 2 SSB-S-O-03: 2 SSB-S-O-04: 0 SSB-S-O-05: 15 SSB-S-O-06: 0 Following the consolidated scoring process for gold and silver obverse designs, a motion by Chairperson Marks, and seconded by Ms. Wastweet, to recommend Design SSB-G-08, showing Lady Liberty waving a large-sized American Flag with a profile image of Fort McHenry in the background, as the obverse design for the silver $1 coin was approved unanimously. Subsequently, a motion by Mr. Olson, and seconded by Mr. Bugeja, to recommend Design SSB-S-05, showing an American sailing ship in the foreground and a damaged and fleeing British ship in the background, as the obverse design for the gold $5 coin was approved on a vote of seven (7) ayes and one (1) abstention. 7. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented the candidate gold and silver reverse designs for the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Program. 8. After each member had commented on the candidate reverse designs, Committee members rated proposed designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points reflecting more favorable evaluations. With eight (7) members voting, the maximum possible point total was 21. Gold and silver reverse designs were consolidated and evaluated together by members. The intent of the Committee was to identify recommended gold and silver reverse designs to pair with obverse designs previously identified. The committee’s scores for the obverse of the gold $5 coin were: SSB-G-R-01: 0 SSB-G-R-02: 0 SSB-G-R-03: 0 SSB-G-R-04: 0 SSB-G-R-05: 0 SSB-G-R-06: 0 SSB-G-R-07: 3 SSB-G-R-08: 6 SSB-S-R-01: 1 SSB-S-R-02: 2 SSB-S-R-03: 13 (Recommended design) SSB-S-R-04: SSB-S-R-05: SSB-S-R-06: SSB-S-R-07: SSB-S-R-08: SSB-S-R-09: 0 0 6 0 3 0 The Committee’s scores for the reverse of the silver $1 coin were: SSB-G-R-01: 2 SSB-G-R-02: 0 SSB-G-R-03: 0 SSB-G-R-04: 4 SSB-G-R-05: 0 SSB-G-R-06: 3 SSB-G-R-07: 3 SSB-G-R-08: 5 SSB-S-R-01: 0 SSB-S-R-02: 0 SSB-S-R-03: 0 SSB-S-R-04: 0 SSB-S-R-05: 0 SSB-S-R-06: 13 (Recommended design) SSB-S-R-07: 0 SSB-S-R-08: 0 SSB-S-R-09: 0 9. Upon the departure of Mr. Houghton, the Committee no longer maintained a quorum. Upon the advice of counsel, Chairperson Marks adjourned the meeting. 10. Remaining committee members continued on the record to discuss the process for producing the Committee’s Fiscal Year 2010 report. Chairperson Marks asked members to come to the next meeting prepared to discuss commemorative program themes for the FY2010 report and, specifically, program themes for 2015 and 2016. 11. Proceedings went off the record at 12:26 p.m.