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CCAC to Review Designs for 2024 Commemorative Coins

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), United States Mint to Review Designs for 2024 Commemorative US Coins, Congressional Gold Medals

The United States Mint announces that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a teleconference public meeting on April 18. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct business related to the CCAC’s responsibility to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on themes and designs pertaining to United States coinage.

Agenda (subject to change):

  • Review and discussion of candidate designs for the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport
  • Review and discussion of candidate designs for the Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Program
  • Review and discussion of candidate designs for the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Program
  • Review and discussion of candidate designs for the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women’s Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the “Six Triple Eight”.

Who:

  • Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC)

When:

  • Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 8:00 am to 4:15 pm (ET)

The meeting discussing candidate designs for the 2024 commemorative coin programs and Congressional Gold Medals mentioned in the agenda above is open to interested members of the public and news media.

Interested persons should call the CCAC HOTLINE at (202) 354-7502 for the latest updates on the meeting.

Interested members of the public may dial in to listen to the meeting at (888) 330-1716, access code 1137147.

Note: Dial-in access is listen only and phones must be kept on mute to not disturb discussion.

If you need to request accommodation to listen to the CCAC meeting, please contact the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity by April 7, 2023. You can submit an email request to [email protected] or call (202) 354-7260 or 1-888-646-8369 (TTY).

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About the CCAC

In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 5135, the CCAC:

  1. Advises the Secretary of the Treasury on any theme or design proposals relating to circulating coinage, bullion coinage, Congressional Gold Medals, and national and other medals.

  2. Advises the Secretary of the Treasury with regards to the events, persons, or places to be commemorated by the issuance of commemorative coins in each of the five calendar years succeeding the year in which a commemorative coin designation is made.

  3. Makes recommendations with respect to the mintage level for any commemorative coin recommended.

The CCAC was established in 2003 by Congress under Public Law 108-15.

                    -courtesy of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee

 

About the U.S. Mint

usmintThe United States Mint was created by Congress in 1792 and became part of the Department of the Treasury in 1873. It is the Nation’s sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce.

The U.S. Mint also produces numismatic products, including Proof, Uncirculated, and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. The Mint’s numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to taxpayers.

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