IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2268 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 11, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment 
of Mother’s Day. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mother’s Day Centen-
nial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress hereby finds as follows: 
(1) Anna Jarvis, who is considered to be the 
founder of the modern Mother’s Day, was born in 
Webster, West Virginia on May 1, 1864. 
(2) A resident of Grafton, West Virginia, Anna 
Jarvis dedicated much of her adult life to honoring 
her mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, who passed on May 
9, 1905. 
(3) In 1908, the Andrews Methodist Episcopal 
Church of Grafton, West Virginia, officially pro-
claimed the third anniversary of Anna Reeves Jarvis’ 
death to be Mother’s Day. 
(4) In 1910, West Virginia Governor, William 
Glasscock, issued the first Mother’s Day Proclama-
tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 
church and wear white carnations. 
(5) On May 8, 1914, the Sixty-Third Congress 
approved H. J. Res. 263 designating the second 
Sunday in May to be observed as Mother’s Day and 
encouraging all Americans to display the American 
flag at their homes as a public expression of the love 
and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 
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(6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil-
son issued a Presidential Proclamation directing 
government officials to display the American flag on 
all government buildings and inviting the American 
people to display the flag at their homes on the sec-
ond Sunday of May as a public expression of the 
love and reverence for the mothers of our nation. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins 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 
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.—The design of the 
coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 
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100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation des-
ignating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 
(b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 
minted under this Act there shall be— 
(1) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2014’’; and 
(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 
God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 
‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(c) 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 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
Committee established under section 5135 of title 
31, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January 
1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of 
such coins, without issuance, before such date. 
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(c) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 
coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 
2014. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the coins issued under this Act shall be sold 
by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face 
value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 
7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 
such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin-
ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 
(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 shall include 
a surcharge of $10 per coin. 
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