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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1819 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 

of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 21, 2009 

Mrs. HAGAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the opening of the International 

Civil Rights Center and Museum. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Civil 

5 Rights Center and Museum Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 

8 (1) on February 1, 1960, 4 African-American 

9 students of North Carolina Agricultural and Tech10 nical State University sat at a white-only lunch 


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1 counter inside a Greensboro, North Carolina, F.W. 

2 Woolworth’s store; 

3 (2) the Greensboro sit-in catalyzed a wave of 

4 nonviolent protest against private-sector segregation 

5 in the United States that became a hallmark of the 

6 American civil rights movement; 

7 (3) by August of 1961, more than 70,000 peo8 ple had participated in sit-ins and sit-down dem9 onstrations in more than 60 cities throughout the 

10 Southeast; 

11 (4) the International Civil Rights Center and 

12 Museum is located at the site of the F.W. Wool13 worth’s store where the sit-in movement began; 

14 (5) the International Civil Rights Center and 

15 Museum will serve as an archival center and teach16 ing facility exploring the international struggle for 

17 civil and human rights, preserving the legacy of the 

18 movement for the Nation and future generations; 

19 and 

20 (6) the International Civil Rights Center and 

21 Museum will officially open on February 1, 2010, 

22 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the begin23 ning of the sit-in movement. 


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1 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

2 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas3 ury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint 

4 and issue not more than 1,000 $1 coins in commemoration 

5 of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center and 

6 Museum, each of which shall— 

7 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

8 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

9 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

10 copper. 

11 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

12 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 

13 title 31, United States Code. 

14 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

15 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

16 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis17 matic items. 

18 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

19 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins 

21 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

22 International Civil Rights Center and Museum. 

23 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

24 each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 

25 (A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

26 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2010’’; and 


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1 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 

2 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer3 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

4 (b) SELECTION.—The design of the coins minted 

5 under this Act shall be— 

6 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

7 with the International Civil Rights Center and Mu8 seum and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

9 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

10 Committee. 

11 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

12 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 

13 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

14 (b) MINT FACILITY.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Only 1 facility of the United 

16 States Mint by be used to strike any particular qual17 ity of the coins minted under this Act. 

18 (2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT

19 WEST POINT, NEW YORK.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that the coins minted under this Act should be 

21 struck at the United States Mint at West Point, 

22 New York, to the greatest extent possible. 

23 (c) PERIOD FOR MINTING.—The Secretary may mint 

24 coins under this Act only during the calendar year begin25 ning on January 1, 2010. 


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1 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

2 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 

3 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 

4 of— 

5 (1) the face value of the coins; 

6 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re7 spect to such coins; and 

8 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 

9 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

10 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

11 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 

12 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 

13 discount. 

14 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

16 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

17 before the issuance of such coins. 

18 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre19 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be a reason20 able discount. 

21 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 

23 Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

24 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 

25 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 

26 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 


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1 shall be paid to the International Civil Rights Center and 

2 Museum, to be made available for program development 

3 and research. 

4 (c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 

5 States shall have the right to examine such books, records, 

6 documents, and other data of the International Civil 

7 Rights Center and Museum as may be related to the ex8 penditures of amounts paid under subsection (b). 

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