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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 801 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220 C CAC Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Public Meeting Friday, November 19, 2010, 9:00 AM United State Mint Headquarters 801 9th Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, D.C. In attendance: Michael Brown, via teleconference Roger Burdette Rick Meier Gary Marks (Chair) Michael Olson Mike Ross Donald Scarinci Heidi Wastweet 1. Chairperson Marks called the meeting to order at 8:00 A.M. 2. The minutes of the October 26, 2010 meeting were unanimously approved. 3. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented the proposed reverse designs for the 2011 American Eagle Platinum Coin Program. 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 eight members voting, the maximum possible point total was 24. The committee’s scores for the reverse of the 2011 American Eagle Platinum Coin Program were: AEP-R-01: 19 (Recommended design) AEP-R-02: 11 AEP-R-03: 0 AEP-R-04: 0 AEP-R-05: 1 AEP-R-06: 1 AEP-R-07: 6 AEP-R-08: 1 AEP-R-09: 0 5. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed designs for the 2011 First Spouse Gold Coins and Medals honoring Eliza Johnson and Lucy Hayes. 6. 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 eight members present and voting, the maximum possible point total was 24. (However, in the case of the Eliza Johnson obverse designs, Ms. Wastweet abstained from voting causing the maximum possible point total to be 21.) The Committee’s scores for the obverse designs of the Eliza Johnson coin and medal were: EJ-O-01: 14 (Recommended design) EJ-O-02: 3 EJ-O-03: 2 EJ-O-04: 4 EJ-O-05: 2 The Committee’s scores for the reverse designs of the Eliza Johnson coin and medal were: EJ-R-01: 6 EJ-R-02: 0 EJ-R-03: 15 (Recommended design) EJ-R-04: 5 EJ-R-05: 2 EJ-R-06: 0 EJ-R-07: 3 EJ-R-08: 1 The Committee’s ratings for the obverse designs of the Lucy Hayes coin and medal were: LH-O-01: 10 LH-O-02: 17 (Recommended design) LH-O-03: 2 The Committee’s scores for the reverse designs of the Lucy Hayes coin and medal were: LH-R-01: 0 LH-R-02: 0 LH-R-03: 13 (Recommended design) LH-R-04: 2 LH-R-05: 0 LH-R-06: 1 7. The Committee reviewed the narrative for the proposed theme of the 2012 American Native $1 Coin Reverse, which is “Trade routes in the 17th century”. The Committee discussed the appropriateness of including a paragraph appearing in the “design theme” portion of the narrative that discusses the role that trade routes and the horse culture played toward the end of the 19th century in providing the means to the U.S. Army to overpower Indian nations. Some members questioned the appropriateness of such a theme for a United States coin and the inclusion of a 19th century element in a 17th century theme. One member commented that the paragraph only provided background information and was not intended to be the theme used on a coin. Another member noted that the paragraph provided the truth about the U.S. government’s actions against native Americans toward the end of the 19th century and was appropriate for inclusion in the narrative. 8. In the case of the Committee’s recommended reverse design, EJ-R-03, for the coin and medal honoring Eliza Johnson, the Committee approved, on a 7-1 vote, a motion made by Mr. Olson, and seconded by Mr. Marks, to request that the image of the back of the head of the child appearing in the foreground of the design be modified to reveal at least a portion of the child’s face. 9. There being no further business, Chairperson Marks adjourned the meeting at 9:23 P.M.