Boy Scouts commemorative coin to be minted this year

In celebration of 100 years of Boy Scouting, a new commemorative Boy Scout coin will be circulated beginning Feb. 8 through Jan. 11, 2011.
Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) introduced legislation to create a $1 silver coin to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
Under the legislation, the U.S. Mint will produce 350,000 commemorative coins in honor of the anniversary. A share of the proceeds from the sale of the coins will be donated to further scouting activities in underserved areas of the country.
“My times as a Boy Scout were some of my most memorable and important as a young man,” said Nelson. “This coin serves as a memorial and a promise to the millions of the scouts in America, both young and old, that the Boys Scouts of America has and will continue to positively shape the lives of young men for many years to come.”
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law: to help people at all times, to keep one’s self physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Since 1910, over 111 million youth have participated in scouting programs, making it the largest youth organization in the United States.
There are currently three million youth and one million adult leaders in Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturing programs across the country, accounting for more than 6.5 million hours of community service and 75,000 community improvement projects in the past four years alone.
Congress granted the Boy Scouts of America a federal charter in 1916. Two hundred and forty-eight members of the 110th Congress have participated in Boy Scouts of America as scouts or adult leaders.
Designs for the coins reflect the 100 years of the Boy Scouts of America. The design chosen for the obverse features a Boy Scout, Cub Scout, and female Venturer saluting. An inscription above reads, “Continuing the Journey” and the centennial dates “1910 2010” are on the left of the image.
The reverse design of the silver dollar features the universal emblem of the Boy Scouts of America. Inscriptions surrounding the logo include “United States of America,” “Boy Scouts of America,” “Be Prepared,” “E Pluribus Unum,” and “One Dollar.”

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Latin American Independence coin series

Chief of Staff of the Central Bank of Paraguay, Luis Ortiz, at a press conference, announced yesterday that the Monitoring Committee of the series of commemorative coins, called "Encounter of Two Worlds", will have its regular meeting in Asuncion, from Tuesday. He explained that one of the objectives of the event is to commemorate the fifth centenary of the discovery of America. Fourteen countries launched in 1991 the number of coins called Encuentro de Dos Mundos (Two world meet).
Ortiz added that this series on the fifth centenary of the discovery of America was an initiative created to celebrate the diversity and fusion of cultures that has occurred since the discovery of our continent. He also noted that 19 years after that first experience, is now carried out the Eighth Series, which marks the bicentenary of Latin American independence.
He recalled that each year these coins have had a reason other than those set in consensus, this eighth installment will be the bicentennial coin, on account that most Latin American countries between 2009 and 2011 celebrated 200 years of emancipation. Paraguay participates in this series since the third meeting in 2001, and the Paraguayan currency, which this year was spent in traditional costumes and folk dances, took second place. In the series this year Paraguay participates with the issuance of currency 1 Guaraní, which emerged from a competition.
He said there is currently a Coordination and Monitoring Committee, meeting in Asunción between 16 and 17 February. Participate in the meeting were representatives of mint countries like Spain, Portugal, Mexico and Cuba as well as a representative for the non-mint, in this case Argentina. Paraguay, as host country, participate and vote. This committee meets at least once between presentations. He also noted that in this eighth series, plus the names, commemorative coins issued Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru. This common coinage is a fact of first order, since it helps to synthesize the fusion of two very different cultures, the Iberian and the indigenous, which occurred for more than five centuries.