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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4833 

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

of the quadricentennial of the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2007 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, and 

Mr. PEARCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the quadricentennial of the City 

of Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

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 ‘‘Santa Fe 

5 Quadricentennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) Santa Fe, New Mexico, the site of native 

9 occupation centuries before European incursions, 


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1 was officially elevated from a plaza established in 

2 1608 to a villa and capital city in 1610 and has been 

3 the meeting place and home of many cultures. 

4 (2) The Palace of the Governors, built in the 

5 early 17th century, served as the governor’s quarters 

6 and seat of government under 3 flags and is the old7 est continuously used public building in the United 

8 States. 

9 (3) La Fiesta de Santa Fe, a cultural, religious, 

10 and social celebration, commemorating the resettle11 ment of Santa Fe by General Don Diego de Vargas 

12 in 1692 continues today as an attraction for tourists 

13 and locals alike. 

14 (4) At the nexus of 3 historically important 

15 trails, Santa Fe brought people and goods together 

16 over the Santa Fe Trail to and from Missouri, Cali17 fornia, and Mexico City. 

18 (5) Commerce on the Santa Fe Trail brought a 

19 much needed boost to the American Midwest’s econ20 omy during the recession of the early 19th century. 

21 (6) Santa Fe was the rendezvous place for trad22 ers, mountain men, and ‘‘Forty-Niners’’ on route to 

23 California and is today home to a multicultural citi24 zenry and world class art market. 


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1 (7) The Santa Fe area has long attracted tour2 ists, artists, and writers, and is a center of market 

3 activity for arts and culture year round, culminating 

4 in the world-renowned Indian Market, Spanish Colo5 nial Art Market, and International Folk Art Market. 

6 (8) New Mexico is the home to the oldest and 

7 continuously inhabited indigenous communities in 

8 North America. 

9 (9) Native communities now residing in New 

10 Mexico include the following: Acoma Pueblo; Alamo 

11 Navajo Chapter; Canoncito Navajo Chapter; Cochiti 

12 Pueblo; Isleta Pueblo; Jemez Pueblo; Jicarilla 

13 Apache Tribe; Laguna Pueblo; Mescalero Apache 

14 Tribe; Nambe Pueblo; Picuris Pueblo; Pojoaque 

15 Pueblo; Ramah Navajo Chapter; San Felipe Pueblo; 

16 San Ildefonso Pueblo; San Juan Pueblo; Sandia 

17 Pueblo; Santa Ana Pueblo; Santa Clara Pueblo; 

18 Santo Domingo Pueblo; Taos Pueblo; Tesuque Pueb19 lo; Zia Pueblo; and Zuni Pueblo. 

20 (10) Many other native communities or groups 

21 disappeared or were moved after European contact. 

22 (11) The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 is known to be 

23 one of the first ‘‘American Revolutions’’ when the 

24 Pueblo people ousted Spanish colonists from New 

25 Mexico. 


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1 (12) The Santa Fe area has long attracted 

2 tourists, artists, and writers: the classic novel Ben 

3 Hur was written, in part, by then Governor Lew 

4 Wallace, in the Palace of the Governors. 

5 (13) A commemorative coin will help to foster 

6 an understanding and appreciation of New Mexico, 

7 its history and culture, and the importance of Santa 

8 Fe and New Mexico to the history of the United 

9 States and the world. 

10 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

11 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 

12 quadricentennial of the establishment of the City of Santa 

13 Fe, New Mexico, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 

14 in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and 

15 issue the following coins: 

16 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 

17 $5 coins, which shall— 

18 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

19 (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

20 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

21 alloy. 

22 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

23 $1 coins, which shall— 

24 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

25 (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 


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1 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per2 cent copper. 

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

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

5 title 31, United States Code. 

6 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—All coins minted under this 

7 Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

8 (d) DOMESTIC SOURCE OF BULLION.—Gold and sil9 ver for coins minted under this Act shall be acquired in 

10 the manner provided in subsections (a)(3) and (b)(1) of 

11 section 5116 of title 31, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

13 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

15 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

16 settlement of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the oldest cap17 ital city in the United States. 

18 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

19 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

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

23 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer24 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’ on the obverse or 

25 reverse. 


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1 (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

2 under this Act shall be— 

3 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

4 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

5 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

6 Committee. 

7 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

9 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

10 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 

11 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

12 of the coins minted under this Act. 

13 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

14 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 

15 period beginning on January 1, 2010. 

16 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

19 of— 

20 (1) the face value of the coins; 

21 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 

22 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

25 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 


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

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

3 discount. 

4 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

6 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

7 before the issuance of such coins. 

8 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre9 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea10 sonable discount. 

11 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

13 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

14 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; and 

15 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 

16 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1), 

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

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

19 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary as follows: 

(1) 1 20 ⁄2 TO SANTA FE 400TH ANNIVERSARY COM21 MITTEE.—50 percent of the surcharges received by 

22 the Secretary shall be paid to the Santa Fe 400th 

23 Anniversary Committee, Inc., to support programs 

24 to promote the understanding of the legacies of 

25 Santa Fe. 


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(2) 1 1 ⁄2 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE2 RIOR.—50 percent of the surcharges received by the 

3 Secretary shall be paid to the Secretary of the Inte4 rior for the following purposes: 

5 (A) Sustaining the ongoing mission of pre6 serving Santa Fe. 

7 (B) Enhancing national and international 

8 programs. 

9 (C) Improving infrastructure and archae10 ological research activities. 

11 (D) Conducting other programs to support 

12 the quadricentennial of the establishment of 

13 Santa Fe. 

14 (c) AUDITS.—The Santa Fe 400th Anniversary Com15 mittee, Inc., and the Secretary of the Interior shall be sub16 ject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 

17 31, United States Code. 

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