to read and the ability to write and the ability to do 
the two interactively. 
(21) The National Federation of the Blind, the 
Nation’s oldest membership organization consisting 
of blind members, has been a champion of the 
Braille code, of Braille literacy for all blind people 
and of the memory of Louis Braille, and continues 
its Braille literacy efforts today through its divisions 
emphasizing Braille literacy, emphasizing education 
of blind children and emphasizing employment of the 
blind. 
(22) Braille literacy aids the blind in taking re-
sponsible and self-sufficient roles in society, such as 
employment: while 70 percent of the blind are unem-
ployed, 85 percent of the employed blind are Braille-
literate. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins bearing 
the designs specified in section 4(a), each of which shall—
(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 
copper.
(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 section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the life 
and legacy of Louis Braille. 
(2) OBVERSE.—The design on the obverse shall 
bear a representation of the image of Louis Braille. 
(3) REVERSE.—The design on the reverse shall 
emphasize Braille literacy and shall specifically in-
clude the word for Braille in Braille code (the 
Braille capital sign and the letters Brl) represented 
in a way that complies with section 3 of Specifica-
tion 800 of the National Library Service for the 
Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of 
Congress specifications for Braille, and is tactilely 
indiscernible from printed or written Braille. 
(4) 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 ‘‘2009’’; 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 National 
Federation of the Blind; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
Committee. 
SEC. 5. 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, 2009. 
SEC. 6. 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 7(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. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—All sales of coins under 
this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re-
ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under 
this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the 
the National Federation of the Blind to further its pro-
grams to promote Braille literacy.
(c) AUDITS.—The National Federation of the Blind 
shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 
5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard 
to the amounts received by the National Federation under 
subsection (b).
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