Commemorative Medals and Coins Legislation: The Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs of ... , 88-1 on Medals, H.R. 2380, 3488, 3575, 4003, 6014, and Coins H.R. 1611, 2621, 6026, May 20, 1963

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Page 41 - All laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coins of the United States and the coining or striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of the...
Page 68 - States be invited to appoint representatives to attend such conference; and be it further Resolved, That the governor of the State of California is...
Page 50 - ... only highly proper but desirable to commemorate in a suitable way, but the longer use of our coins for this purpose is unsuitable and unwise. This would seem to be clear from the very number of events to be commemorated, and past experience indicates how difficult it is to draw the line and how such a practice, once it is recognized, tends constantly to grow. If this bill is to become law, it is not apparent on what grounds similar measures, no matter how numerous, may be rejected. Yet their...
Page 39 - But no change in the design or die of any coin shall be made oftener than once in twenty-five years from and including the year of the first adoption of the design, model, die, or hub for the same coin...
Page 12 - Hosmer. STATEMENT OF HON. CRAIG HOSMER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Mr. HOSMER. Mr. Chairman, my name is Craig Hosmer, Representative from the 32d District, California.
Page 38 - ... to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury...
Page 68 - Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the assembly thereof concurring, That...
Page 23 - The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manufacture; including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and...
Page 18 - The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause duplicates in bronze of such medal to be coined and sold, under such regulations as he may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof (including labor...
Page 48 - Hon. A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency, US Senate, Washington, DC MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to your request for the views of this Department on S.

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