COIN COLLECTING
These were the REQUIREMENTS before the REVISIONS
made on January 1, 2003.
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- Do these:
- Collect a type set of U.S. coins of any year currently
being minted or in circulation. Commemorative, proof, silver,
rare, or expensive coins are not needed. Have at least one
coin from each mint in your type set.
- In your type set, point out and identify the mint mark
(if any) on each coin. Tell when each mint first started
making coins.
- For each coin in your type set, point out the location
on the initials (if any) of each coin's designer(s).
- Do these:
- Tell about the various grades of coins. Show six examples.
- Tell what buffed and whizzed coins are. Tell how to
detect them.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Tell how to detect counterfeit coins.
- Tell how to properly clean coins.
- Do TWO of the following:
- Make enlarged sketches of both sides of five different
kinds of U.S. coins minted from 1792 through the present
year. Make sketches of both sides of five different colonial
or state coins minted before 1792. Show designs, dates,
and lettering clearly.
- Collect, classify, and mount 50 different coins of 10
different countries.
- Collect a type set of U.S. coins minted during the 20th
century (except commemorative, proof, gold, rare, or expensive
coins).
- Collect a set of some U.S. series of coins beginning
with your year of birth (except for rare or expensive coins).
- Collect, classify, describe, and mount 10 medals, tokens,
or combination of both. Have three different size medals
or tokens and three different metals or compositions in
the collection.
- Show the location of an explain the following on a current
piece of U.S. paper money:
- the Federal Reserve Bank and letter,
- serial number
- series,
- check letter,
- face plate number,
- back plate number,
- seal color
- signatures,
- denomination.
Describe three things to look for in detecting counterfeits.
BSA Advancement ID#: 35
Pamphlet Revision Date: 1975
Requirements last updated prior to 1982
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