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One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
Old Mint at San Francisco, otherwise known as the ‘‘Granite Lady’’, and for 
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘San Francisco Old Mint 
Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress hereby finds as follows: 
(1) The Granite Lady played an important role in the 
history of the Nation. 
(2) The San Francisco Mint was established pursuant to 
an Act of Congress of July 3, 1852, to convert miners’ gold 
from the California gold rush into coins. 
(3) The San Francisco Old Mint Building was designed 
by architect A.B. Mullett, who also designed the United States 
Treasury Building and the Old Executive Office Building. 
(4) The solid construction of the Granite Lady enabled 
it to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, 
making it the only financial institution that was able to operate 
immediately after the earthquake as the treasury for disaster 
relief funds for the city of San Francisco. 
(5) Coins struck at the San Francisco Old Mint are distin-
guished by the ‘‘S’’ mint mark. 
(6) The San Francisco Old Mint is famous for having struck 
many rare, legendary issues, such as the 1870–S $3 coin, which 
is valued today at well over $1,000,000, and the 1894–S dime 
which is comparatively rare. 
(7) The San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin will 
be the first commemorative coin to honor a United States 
mint. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint, 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 100,000 $5 coins, which 
shall—
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and
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(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 $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 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 sections 5134 and 
5136 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 San Francisco Old Mint 
Building, its importance to California and the history of the 
United States, and its role in rebuilding San Francisco after 
the 1906 earthquake and fire. 
(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 America’’, 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 Board of the San Francisco 
Museum and Historical Society; 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.—The coins authorized under this Act shall 
be struck at the San Francisco Mint to the greatest extent possible. 
(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. 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.
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(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 
under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 
SEC. 7. 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. 
(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 San Francisco Museum and Historical Society 
for use for the purposes of rehabilitating the Historic Old Mint 
in San Francisco as a city museum and an American Coin and 
Gold Rush Museum. 
(c) AUDITS.—The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society 
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 Fund under subsection (b). 
(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 
may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 
any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 
the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemora-
tive coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 
2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 
5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 
may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Notwithstanding the fifth sentence of section 5112(d)(1) of title 
31, United States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury may continue 
to issue, after December 31, 2005, numismatic items that contain 
5-cent coins minted in the years 2004 and 2005.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.