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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3519
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in
commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of Yellowstone National Park.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 16, 1993
Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue
coins in commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of
Yellowstone National Park.
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 ‘‘Yellowstone National
Park 125th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK COMMEMORATIVE
COIN.
The Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act referred
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue coins in ac-
cordance with this Act to commemorate the 125th anni-
versary of Yellowstone National Park.
SEC. 3. SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—
(1) 5 DOLLAR
GOLD
COINS.—The Secretary
shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 5 dollar
coins, each of 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 DOLLAR SILVER COINS.—The Secretary
shall mint and issue not more than 2,500,000 1 dol-
lar coins, each of 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) 1⁄2
DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—The Secretary
shall issue not more than 2,500,000 1⁄2 dollar coins,
each of which shall be minted to the specifications
for 1⁄2 dollar coins contained 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.
SEC. 4. SOURCES OF BULLION.
(a) GOLD.—The Secretary shall obtain gold for the
coins minted under this Act pursuant to the authority of
the Secretary under existing law.
(b) SILVER.—The Secretary shall obtain silver for the
coins minted under this Act from stockpiles established
under the Strategic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act
(50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.).
SEC. 5. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted
under this Act shall be emblematic of Yellowstone Na-
tional Park. On each coin, there shall be—
(1) a designation of the value of the coin;
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘1997’’; and
(3) inscriptions of the words—
(A) ‘‘Liberty’’;
(B) ‘‘In God We Trust’’;
(C) ‘‘United States of America’’; and
(D) ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(b) SELECTION OF DESIGN.—The design of the coins
minted under this Act shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation
with the United States Commission of Fine Arts;
and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative
Coin Advisory Committee in accordance with section
5134 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 6. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE.—The coins minted under
this Act shall be issued only during the year 1997.
(b) QUALITY OF COINS.—The coins minted under
this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(c) MINT FACILITY.—Not more than 1 facility of the
United States Mint may be used to strike any particular
combination of denomination and quality of coins minted
under this Act.
SEC. 7. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The Secretary shall sell the coins
minted under this Act at a price equal to the face value,
plus the cost of designing, minting, and issuing the coins
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, over-
head expenses, marketing, and shipping) and the sur-
charge provided for in subsection (d).
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk
sales of the coins minted under this Act at a reasonable
discount to reflect the lower costs of the sales.