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Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 801 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220 C CAC Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Public Meeting Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 9:00 AM United State Mint Headquarters 801 9th Street NW, 2nd Floor Washington, D.C. In attendance: Doreen Bolger Michael Brown Roger Burdette Rick Meier Gary Marks (Chair) Michael Olson Mike Ross Donald Scarinci Heidi Wastweet 1. Chairperson Marks called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M. 2. The minutes of the July 27, 2010 meeting were unanimously approved. 3. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed designs for the Arnold Palmer Congressional Gold Medal. 4. At the completion of discussions concerning 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 nine members voting, the maximum possible point total was 27. The Committee’s scores for the obverse of the Arnold Palmer designs were: APM-O-01: 25 (Recommended design) APM-O-02: 6 APM-O-03: 5 A motion was made by Mr. Meier, and seconded by Mr. Burdette, to ask United States Mint staff to ensure that Mr. Palmer’s grip of the golf club as portrayed on the Committee’s recommended obverse design reflects the traditional overlapping grip of the golfing sport. The motion was approved on a unanimous vote. The Committee’s scores for the reverse designs for the Arnold Palmer medal were: 5. 6. 7. 8. APM-R-01: 4 APM-R-02: 18 (Recommended design) APM-R-03: 3 APM-R-04: 15 Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed designs for the New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal, honoring the significant contributions to society of Neil A. Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon; Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., the pilot of the lunar module and second person to walk on the moon; Michael Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission’s command module; and John Herschel Glenn, Jr., the first American to orbit the Earth. 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 for the obverse designs of the New Frontier medal were: NF-O-01: 25 (Recommended design) NF-O-02: 4 NF-O-03: 3 NF-O-04: 3 The Committee’s scores for the reverse designs for the New Frontier medal were: NF-R-01: 8 NF-R-02: 20 (Recommended design) NF-R-03: 12 NF-R-04: 3 NF-R-05: 1 NF-R-06: 0 NF-R-07: 0 The Committee approved, on a 5-4 vote, a motion made by Mr. Burdette, and seconded by Mr. Brown, to remove the words “Act of Congress 2009” from all designs. Mr. Olson made a motion that was seconded by Mr. Meier, to recommend that the two space missions being represented on the medal be identified on the Committee’s recommended reverse design, NF-R-02. The motion was approved on a 7-2 vote. Finally, Mr. Burdette made a motion, and seconded by Ms. Wastweet, to recommend expanding the phrase “We came in peace” appearing on the Committee’s recommended reverse design, NF-R-02, to “We came in peace for all mankind.” The motion was approved with 8 votes in favor and one abstention. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed 2012 quarter-dollar coin reverse designs honoring El Yunque National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be issued as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. 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 seven members present and voting, the maximum possible point total was 21. The Committee’s ratings for the El Yunque National Forest designs were: PR-01: 11 PR-02: 1 PR-03: 4 PR-04: 12 (Recommended design) PR-05: 5 9. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed 2012 quarter-dollar coin reverse designs honoring Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico to be issued as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. 10. 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 seven members present and voting, the maximum possible point total was 21. The Committee’s ratings for the Chaco Culture National Historical Park designs were: NM-01: 1 NM-02: 3 NM-03: 5 NM-04: 7 Pursuant to Committee policy requiring that a design must achieve more than 50 percent of the possible points to qualify for a recommendation, no recommendation was made from among these candidate designs. A minimum of 11 points would be needed in this case to earn the Committee’s recommendation. 11. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed 2012 quarter-dollar coin reverse designs honoring Acadia National Park in Maine to be issued as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. 12. 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 seven members present and voting, the maximum possible point total was 21. The Committee’s ratings for the Acadia National Park designs were: ME-01: 1 ME-02: 1 ME-03: 11 ME-04: 14 (Recommended design) ME-05: 0 13. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed 2012 quarter-dollar coin reverse designs honoring Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii to be issued as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. 14. 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 seven members present and voting, the maximum possible point total was 21. The Committee’s ratings for the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park designs were: HI-01: 1 HI-02: 1 HI-03: 1 HI-04: 15 (Recommended design) HI-05: 1 15. Kaarina Budow of the United States Mint presented proposed 2012 quarter-dollar coin reverse designs honoring Denali National Park in Alaska to be issued as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. 16. 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 seven members present and voting, the maximum possible point total was 21. The Committee’s ratings for the Denali National Park designs were: AK-01: 5 AK-02: 16 (Recommended design) AK-03: 3 AK-04: 1 AK-05: 6 A motion was made by Mr. Meier, and seconded by Ms. Wastweet, to recommend that consideration be given to enlarging the Dall sheep appearing on the Committee’s recommended design, AK-02. The motion was approved on a vote of 5-2. 17. There being no further business, Chairperson Marks adjourned the meeting at 1:15 P.M.
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