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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4375 

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

of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2004 

Mr. HOLT (for himself and Mr. MCHUGH) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 

commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary 

War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Revolutionary War and 

5 War of 1812 Battlefields Commemorative Coin Act of 

6 2004’’. 

7 SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

8 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 

9 Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the Secretary 
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1 of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 

2 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 

3 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 300,000 

4 $5 coins, which shall— 

5 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

7 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

8 alloy. 

9 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 

10 1,000,000 $1 coins, which shall— 

11 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

13 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per14 cent copper. 

15 (3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

16 than 2,000,000 half dollar coins which shall be mint17 ed to the specifications for half dollar coins con18 tained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States 

19 Code. 

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

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

22 title 31, United States Code. 

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

24 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 
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1 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis2 matic items. 

3 SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 

4 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

6 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

7 Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. 

8 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

9 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

11 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2006’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer14 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

16 under this Act shall be— 

17 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

18 with the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Revolu19 tionary War and the War of 1812 Battlefields Foun20 dation (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 

21 ‘‘Foundation’’); and 

22 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

23 Committee. 
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1 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

3 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

5 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

6 of the coins minted under this Act. 

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

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

9 period beginning on January 1, 2006. 

10 SEC. 5. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

13 of— 

14 (1) the face value of the coins; 

15 (2) the surcharge provided in section 6(a) with 

16 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

19 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

22 discount. 

23 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

25 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

26 before the issuance of such coins. 
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1 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre2 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea3 sonable discount. 

4 (d) MARKETING.—The Secretary, in cooperation with 

5 the Foundation, shall develop and implement a marketing 

6 program to promote and sell the coins authorized under 

7 this Act both within the United States and internationally. 

8 SEC. 6. SURCHARGES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 

10 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

11 (1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 

12 (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 

13 (3) A surcharge of $3 per coin for the half dol14 lar coin. 

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

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

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

18 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Foundation 

19 for purposes of the preservation of historically significant 

20 battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 

21 and related historical sites. 

22 (c) AUDITS.—The Foundation shall be subject to the 

23 audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 
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1 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

2 by the Fund under subsection (b). 

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