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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
801 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220

CCAC

May 27, 2014
The Honorable Jack Lew
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220
Dear Secretary Lew:
A public meeting of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (Committee) was held on
Monday, May 19, 2014, at the Omni Hotel in Philadelphia. The Committee reviewed proposed
obverse and reverse designs for the 2015 March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Program.
For the coin’s obverse, the Committee recommended design MOD-O-15. The design, which
was recommended by motion with six (6) members voting aye and four (4) members voting
nay, depicts the profile images of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dr. Jonas Salk. In 1938,
President Roosevelt established the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which is now
called the March of Dimes. Dr. Salk discovered the anti-polio vaccine. Committee members
commented that the design provided strong likenesses of these men; both of whom were
important leaders in the fight against polio.
The Committee recommended reverse design MOD-R-07 by collectively assigning 16 of the
30 possible points available through the Committee’s scoring process. The design is a
beautifully rendered depiction of a mother and baby. The artist’s statement relates that the
design was inspired by the many successes of the March of Dimes and is symbolic of a
mother’s love. Committee members commented that the design has strong eye appeal and
would be a particularly appropriate design for a coin commemorating the work of the March of
Dimes to end the polio epidemic in the United States and for the prevention of birth defects.
Further, Committee members commented that the pairing of the recommended obverse and
reverse designs would produce a distinctive and very attractive coin fitting for the
commemoration of the March of Dimes and the important service to the nation the
organization has provided since its founding in 1938.
Sincerely,

Gary B. Marks
Chair

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
801 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220

CCAC

May 28, 2014
The Honorable Jack Lew
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220
Dear Secretary Lew:
A public meeting of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (Committee) was held on
Monday, May 19, 2014, at the Omni Hotel in Philadelphia. The Committee reviewed proposed
obverse and reverse designs for Crow Tribe Code Talkers Congressional Gold Medal.
With ten members present, the Committee unanimously voted to recommend Obverse-01 and
Reverse-01 for this medal. Members felt the recommended designs provided well suited
representations of the Crow Tribe Code Talkers.
Sincerely,

Gary B. Marks
Chair