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H.R.1923 – Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 Sent to The President for Signature

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 by Clinton

Seal of the President of the United States

H.R.1923 – Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, one of the final Numismatic related bills of the 116th Congress, has passed both the House or Representatives and the Senate and has been sent to the President for signature. The Act offers some of the most sweeping changes to our circulating coinage and brings a list of changes to the Quarter Dollar, Half Dollar, Medal programs and bullion coins. The entire text of H.R. 1923 Circulating …

H.R. 6192 – 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act Signed into Law

January 5, 2021 by Clinton

President Donald Trump today signed H.R. 6192, the 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act. The bill now becomes law, authorizing the Treasury to have the United State Mint produce a 2021 Morgan and 2021 Peace Dollar. The full text of the bill can be found here. An effort to empower the United States Mint to issue coins celebrating the Morgan and Peace Dollars, two of America’s most-loved series, was introduced to the House of Representatives back …

H.R. 6192 – 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act Passes The Senate

December 21, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Senate has passed H.R. 6192, the 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act. The bill passed the Senate on December 17, 2020 and is now heading to the President for signature. The full text of the bill can be found here. The Act the House of Representatives in September. An effort to empower the US Mint to issue coins celebrating the Morgan and Peace Dollars, two of America’s most-loved series, had been re-introduced in …

H. R. 4104 – Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act Signed into Law

December 31, 2020December 18, 2020 by Clinton

President Donald Trump has signed H.R. 4104, the Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, into law. President Trump signed the bill on December 4, 2020, formally assuring that the commemorative coin will be produced in 2022. The bill passed unanimously on November 16,2020 in the Senate and was sent to the President the following day. The bill was introduced in July 2019 in the House of Representatives but did not pass the House until September …

H.R. 4104 – Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Act Pass The House

September 29, 2020 by Clinton

The United States House of Representatives last week passed H.R. 4104, titled Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act. The bill authorizes the Department of Treasury to create a wide range of commemorative coins to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Negro Leagues of Baseball. H.R. 4104 was introduced on July 30, 2019 by Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO) but it was not until September 22, 2020 that the bill passed the House. It was …

New 2021 Morgan and Peace Dollar Legislation Needs Your Support

July 9, 2020 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, NGC. It asks for collectors to write their Representative in the House of Representatives to urge the passing of H.R. 6192. That bill would authorize a Morgan and Peace Dollar in 2021 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary between the change from the Morgan to the Peace Dollar as our nations dollar coin. An effort to empower the US Mint to issue coins celebrating the …

H.R. 6923 – Essential Worker Commemoratives Further Defined

June 15, 2020 by Clinton

Last week, I wrote about H.R. 6923, a bill currently in the House of Representatives that calls for commemorative coins to be made to honor the essential worker of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of that writing, outside of the working title, little was defined as to what the plan was for the coins the bill called to be made by the Mint. Over the weekend, 6923 was more clearly defined with coin types …

H.R. 6923 – Essential Worker Commemorative Coin Legislation

June 8, 2020 by Clinton

A new piece of legislation has been introduced into the House of Representatives to honor essential workers in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic with a commemorative coin. H.R. 6923 was introduced into the House by Representative by Jack Bergman (R-MI) on May 19, 2020. The legislation’s working title is the thrust behind this new legislation: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the health care professionals, first responders, scientists, researchers, …

H.R. 6555 – United States Semiquincentennial Quarter Series Act Introduced

May 14, 2020 by Clinton

Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) has introduced H.R. 6555, the United States Semiquincentennial Quarter Series Act to Congress. The bill was introduced on April 17, 2020 and would allow for a series of Quarters to be made to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America in 2026. The Secretary may issue quarter dollars in 2026 with up to five different designs emblematic of the United States Semiquincentennial. One of …