View original document

The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.

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

C
CAC

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
Public Meeting
Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 9:00 AM
United State Mint Headquarters
801 9th Street NW, 8th Floor
Washington, D.C.
In attendance:
Doreen Bolger
Michael Brown
Roger Burdette
Arthur Houghton
Gary Marks (Chair)
Rick Meier (via telephone)
Michael Olson
Mike Ross
Mitch Sanders
Donald Scarinci
Heidi Wastweet
1.
2.
3.
4.

Chairperson Marks called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M.
New member Mike Ross was introduced and welcomed to the Committee.
The minutes of the April 27, 2010 meeting were unanimously approved.
Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed designs for the
2011 United States Army Commemorative Coin Program, including a $5 gold
coin, $1 silver coin, and a 50 Cent clad coin.
5. During Committee discussions concerning the proposed designs, a motion was
made by Mr. Scarinci and seconded by Mr. Burdette to reject all obverse and
reverse designs for the 50 Cent clad coin and request United States Mint artists to
provide new designs. The motion failed on a vote of 3 “aye” and 5 “nay.” A
subsequent motion was made by Mr. Meier and seconded by Mr. Scarcini to
reject all obverse designs for the 50 Cent clad coin. The motion passed on a vote
of 5 “aye” and 4 “nay.” Committee members felt the obverse designs were too
cluttered, lacked focus and were generally unattractive.
6. At the completion of discussions concerning the designs, Committee members
rated proposed designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points
reflecting more favorable evaluations. With eleven members voting, the
maximum possible point total was 33. The Committee’s ratings were:

$5 gold obverse:
AR-GO-01: 3
AR-GO-02: 18
AR-GO-03: 20 (Recommended design)
AR-GO-04: 3
$5 gold reverse:
AR-GR-01: 1
AR-GR-02: 6
AR-GR-03: 28 (Recommended design)
$1 silver obverse:
AR-SO-01: 25 (Recommended design)
AR-SO-02: 0
AR-SO-03: 9
AR-SO-04: 4
AR-SO-05: 10
$1 silver reverse:
AR-SR-01: 7
AR-SR-02: 7
AR-SR-03: 19 (Recommended design)
AR-SR-04: 8
50 Cent clad obverse:
No ratings were assigned due to the approved motion to reject all designs.
50 Cent clad reverse:
AR-CR-01: 1
AR-CR-02: 19 (Recommended design)
AR-CR-03: 14
7. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed designs for the
2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Program, including a $5 gold coin
and a $1 silver coin.
8. After discussions concerning the designs, Committee members rated proposed
designs by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points to each, with higher points reflecting
more favorable evaluations. With nine members present and voting, the
maximum possible point total was 27. The Committee’s ratings were:
$5 gold obverse:
MOH-GO-01: 3
MOH-GO-02: 19 (Recommended design)
MOH-GO-03: 0
MOH-GO-04: 3
$5 gold reverse:
MOH-GR-01: 11
MOH-GR-02: 13 (Recommended design)
MOH-GR-03: 3
MOH-GR-04: 0
$1 silver obverse:
MOH-SO-01: 0
MOH-SO-02: 24 (Recommended design)

MOH-SO-03: 0
$1 silver reverse:
MOH-SR-01: 0
MOH-SR-02: 24 (Recommended design)
MOH-SR-03: 0
MOH-SR-04: 0
9. After the rating process was completed, a motion was made by Mr. Olson and
seconded by Mr. Brown that a recommendation be made that the Committee’s
recommended design for the reverse of the $5 gold United States Army coin, ARGR-03, which shows the Army emblem, be changed by flipping the placement of
the inscriptions “United States of America” and “Department of the Army” to
accurately reflect the official emblem, and that the braids and two concentric
circles found on the official Army emblem be added to the design. The motion
was unanimously approved. A motion was made by Mr. Meier and seconded by
Mr. Olson to recommend that the female image appearing on the Committee’s
recommended design for the $1 silver United States Army coin, AR-SO-01, be
altered to portray an African-American woman. The motion passed with a vote of
six “aye,” one “nay,” and one abstention. Finally, a motion was made by Mr.
Olson and seconded by Mr. Burdette to recommend that the depiction of the
soldier aiming a rifle in the Committee’s recommended design for the $1 silver
United States Army reverse, AR-SR-03, be changed to show the rifle in a lower
position so as to reveal the soldier’s face. The motion was approved on a vote of
six “aye” and two “nay.”
10. There being no further business, Chairperson Marks adjourned the meeting at
12:44 P.M.