Congress has just authorized legislation that instructs the United States Mint to produce up to 350,000 commemorative silver coins in 2013 to honor the Girl Scouts of the USA. The bill has been cleared for President Obama who is expected to sign it into law.
Final designs for the coin will not be known for many, many months, but Congress did dictate that it should show the normal inscriptions and contain 90% silver and 10% copper. It also requires that the coin design be emblematic of the Girl Scouts.
The legislation is known as the Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act and was passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate passed the same bill on Monday.
The legislation calls for a $10 surcharge to be added to the price of the coins which will be forwarded to the Girl Scout organization for program development.
Girl Scouts was founded in 1912 by Juliette Low and has grown from an initial 18 members in Georgia to over 3.7 million worldwide today. The coins honoring the organization will be part of their 100th anniversary celebrations.
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Looking forward to seeing the design, thanks for the share.