I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revolutionary War and 
War of 1812 Battlefields Commemorative Coin Act of 
2004’’. 
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the Secretary
of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the following coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 300,000 
$5 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 
alloy. 
(2) 
$1 
SILVER
COINS.—Not 
more 
than 
1,000,000 $1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper. 
(3) HALF
DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 2,000,000 half dollar coins which shall be mint-
ed to the specifications for half dollar coins con-
tained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins
minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items. 
SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. 
(2) DESIGNATION
AND
INSCRIPTIONS.—On 
each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 
(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2006’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Revolu-
tionary War and the War of 1812 Battlefields Foun-
dation (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Foundation’’); and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
Committee.
SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 
States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 
of the coins minted under this Act. 
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2006. 
SEC. 5. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 
of— 
(1) the face value of the coins; 
(2) the surcharge provided in section 6(a) with 
respect to such coins; and 
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 
before the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount. 
(d) MARKETING.—The Secretary, in cooperation with 
the Foundation, shall develop and implement a marketing 
program to promote and sell the coins authorized under 
this Act both within the United States and internationally. 
SEC. 6. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 
this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 
(3) A surcharge of $3 per coin for the half dol-
lar coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 
shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Foundation 
for purposes of the preservation of historically significant 
battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 
and related historical sites. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Foundation shall be subject to the 
audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31,