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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 801 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220 C CAC August 31, 2010 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 Tuesday, July 27, 2010, in the Cook Room at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, One Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Committee reviewed proposed designs for the 2012 Presidential $1 Coins honoring Presidents Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland (1st term), Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland (2nd term) and the 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program, honoring Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes and Lucretia Garfield. Prior to the review of the subject proposed designs, the Committee approved a new stipulation related to the Committee’s design scoring process to specify that the design receiving the highest point total exceeding 50 percent of the possible points would earn the Committee’s recommendation on all future design evaluations, including the 2012 Presidential $1 Coins and the 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program. In the event that no design garners over 50 percent of the possible points, no recommendation would be made by the Committee. For the 2012 Presidential $1 Coins, none of the proposed designs for Presidents Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland (1st term), Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland (2nd term) garnered in excess of 50 percent of the possible points. Therefore, the Committee makes no recommendations concerning the proposed designs. With 30 points possible, the design for President Chester A. Arthur with the highest point total was design CA-5 with 8 points. The highest point total among proposed designs for President Grover Cleveland (1st term) was design GC1-3 with 14 points. The design for President Benjamin Harrison with the highest point total was design BH-06 with 7 points. The highest point total among proposed designs for President Grover Cleveland (2nd term) was design GC2-3 with 8 points. For the 2011 First Spouse Gold Coin and Medal Program, the Committee recommends obverse design LG-O-1 for Lucretia Garfield. This design garnered 16 out of the possible 30 points. Reverse design LG-R-5 for Lucretia Garfield was recommended by the Committee with 17 out of the possible 30 points. None of the proposed designs for Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant or Lucy Hayes garnered sufficient points to be recommended. The obverse and reverse designs for Eliza Johnson with the highest point totals were designs EJ-O-2 with 7 points, and EJ-R-2 with 2 points, respectively. The Committee subsequently voted unanimously to reject all reverse designs for Eliza Johnson and request that new designs be prepared and presented to the Committee. The highest point totals for obverse and reverse designs for Julia Grant were design JG-O-2 with 10 points, and JG-R-3 with 10 points. The obverse and reverse designs for Lucy Hayes with the highest point totals were designs LH-O-1 with 11 points, and LH-R-5 with 3 points. The Committee subsequently voted 9-1 to reject all reverse designs for Lucy Hayes and request new designs, including new narratives concerning Lucy Hayes’ involvement in the temperance movement and her distinction as the first woman to serve as First Spouse who had graduated from college. Sincerely, Gary B. Marks Chair
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