U.S. Mint educates local scout troop about coins

On December 13, 2019, the U.S. Mint’s Education Outreach team gave a presentation to 100 Cub Scouts and their parents during Pack 230’s monthly meeting in Washington, DC. The presentation and coin-related activities introduced scouts to the basics of coins and coin collecting and helped some of the Wolf Scouts meet the requirements to earn the Adventure in Coins merit badge.

The interactive presentation provided an overview of the Mint and its facilities and information about U.S. coins. Throughout the presentation, scouts had the opportunity to answer fun trivia questions and participate in numerous coin-related activities and games, including coin rubbing, a making change relay game, a coin collection game, and an art activity.

The U.S Mint’s Education Outreach team presents to a Washington, DC-based Scout Troop.

The scouts also watched a video of the Mint’s free online educational games, as well as received education materials, including coin collector cards, coin coloring books, informational packets, and penny planchets.

For resources for Boy Scout and Girl Scout badges involving counting money, identifying coins, and coin collecting, check out the Mint’s Coin Scout Badges resources guide or reach out to education.outreach@usmint.treas.gov.

Scouts attending the meeting received educational materials from the Mint, including the 2020 Coin Coloring Book and coin collector cards.

Press release courtesy of the United States Mint Office of Corporate Communications.

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Comments

  1. Tom says

    KUDOS to this team! This hobby NEEDS new and younger collectors. They are the future. Not all of us can donate time ( and money) to educate the masses, but every little bit helps.

  2. DaveSWFL says

    Steve,
    Thanks for sharing. If my grandkids were into scouts, I’d buy them this coin.
    VERY COOL!

  3. cagcrisp says

    Goldman Sach’s sees $1,600.00 Gold in 2020
    Citi see $1,600.00 Gold in 2020
    Peter Lynch says Buy Gold for 2020
    JP Morgan says Short Gold

    Current bid price for Gold is $1,489.50…

  4. cagcrisp says

    Let’s See…

    Concerning pop reports for the 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle…

    December 20, 2019, pop report for PCGS…

    68 = 12 0.3%
    69 = 1284 33.3%
    70 = 2555 66.3%
    Total = 3851

    December 23, 2019, pop report for PCGS…

    68 = 20 0.4%
    69 = 1960 36.3%
    70 = 3416 63.3%
    Total = 5396

    December 20, 2019, pop report for NGC…

    67 = 1
    68 = 9 0.1%
    69 = 1286 20.2%
    70 = 5059 79.6%
    Total = 6355

    December 24, 2019, pop report for NGC…

    67 = 1
    68 = 12 0.1%
    69 = 1815 22.6%
    70 = 6213 77.3%
    Total = 8041

    Totals NGC +PCGS listed as of December 24, 2019:

    67 = 1
    68 = 32 0.2%
    69 = 3775 28.1%
    70 = 9629 71.7%
    Total = 13437

    That means between NGC + PCGS there have been 13437 out of 29731 (45.2%) coins graded…

  5. cagcrisp says

    Let’s See…

    Concerning pop reports for the 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle…

    December 10, 2019, pop report for PCGS…

    68 = 6 0.3%
    69 = 732 38.6%
    70 = 1158 61.1%
    Total = 1896

    December 23, 2019, pop report for PCGS…

    68 = 20 0.4%
    69 = 1960 36.3%
    70 = 3416 63.3%
    Total = 5396

    Variance between December 10, 2019 and December 23, 2019 for PCGS…

    68 = 14 0.4%
    69 = 1228 35.1%
    70 = 2258 64.5%
    Total = 3500

    December 10, 2019, pop report for NGC…

    68 = 0
    69 = 620 16.4%
    70 = 3156 83.6%
    Total = 3776

    December 24, 2019, pop reports for NGC…

    67 = 1
    68 = 12 0.1%
    69 = 1815 22.6%
    70 = 6213 77.3%
    Total = 8041

    Variance between December 10, 2019 and December 24, 2019 for NGC…

    67 = 1
    68 = 12 0.3%
    69 = 1195 28.0%
    70 = 3057 71.7%
    Total = 4265

    …SO…PCGS graded 70’s have Increased percentage wise in two weeks and NGC graded 70’s have Decreased percentage wise in two weeks…

  6. Drew P says

    Just curious. If this has been mentioned in a previous thread I apologize. But has the 2019 S Enhanced Proof No. 1 coin been identified?

  7. IJTR says

    Wonder how many of those constitute re-submissions of the same 69 coin trying to get 70?
    The total number of coins graded at some point may be greater than the number actually minted.

  8. Dustyroads says

    JP Morgan’s stock ramped a long time ago and is near vertical. It looks as though JP Morgan’s stock is in a bubble as much as any in the past.

  9. Erik H says

    Gold & Silver so far are following the “almost guaranteed” seasonal trend with a nice pop today. I can’t wait for the next few weeks to play out $$.

    I think Gold will hit $1600 a least once in 2020, might be higher after the first Tuesday in November???

  10. Dustyroads says

    I would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas.

    The silver daily candles are extremely positive looking. It’s possible that we will see $18.10 where resistance will be met. After a pullback, I believe silver will be looking for $19.60.

    I had said earlier that I believed both silver and gold would jump in price, but I doubted that it would last. I have to say that I’m impressed with the strength I’m seeing.

  11. DaveSWFL says

    Dustyroads,
    I’ve been liking the daily chart on silver for over a year now. I like to look for divergence between RSI/price and MACD/ price at apparent double bottoms.

    Beautiful example. September-November 2018 followed by failure to make a new low in May 2019.

    Less spectacular is the same feature in November-December 2019.

    Also highly encouraged by the strong support on the weekly chart at the 1000 day moving average ($16.60.). Really hoping that holds!

    Merry Christmas to all!

  12. johnaz says

    dose anyone know how the tax work on e-bay. I pay 310.00 for some silver coins and was change 21.00 in tax,from AZ. TAX. I call a local coin shop in phoenix,AZ and was told no state tax at this shop.

  13. Birddog says

    I have ordered rolls of silver eagles for years from all different states and dealers,never paid nothing but shipping 90% of the time that was free,sounds a little fishy to me,but I could be wrong

  14. Biff Ticonderoga says

    Ebay is charging tax on any & everything! Ridiculous as a seller i only had to collect when I sold over $100k now everything is taded- sales off 60%. And i no longer buy on e Ripuoff bay.

  15. HarryB says

    State sales tax being charged on eBay is applied based on where the purchase is being delivered. I stopped buying coins and bullion on eBay after July 1st of this year because of sales taxes. My LCS does not charge sales taxes if the coin or bullion being purchased is 90% pure or over. So long eBay….

  16. Dustyroads says

    DaveSWFL, I had not done any silver or gold stacking until that low in 2018. Since then I’ve been stacking aggressively. It was nice buying $320.00 ASE tunes from Provident.

  17. mgm says

    Hi all,

    It looks like China has sent over to our market a boat load of 1927 double eagle fakes. I bought one off ebay but my Sigma Coin Verifier caught the fake. A few more sold today and there’s other listing showing up too.

  18. Qui Transtulit Sustinet says

    Regarding the upcoming 2020 Vermont ATB design—although I love the recognition of the “Land Stewardship” theme—I planted over 750 trees in the past three weeks and didn’t utilize a garden trowel for a single one.

    In addition, planting the seedling tree so close to a mature tree which would shade it ignores the young trees need for sunlight.

    In my opinion, symbolism loses a good deal of effect when it is cloaked in impracticality.

    Makes one wonder if any of the Mint designers or decision makers have ever planted a tree.

    Also feel the omission of the stone wall, a classical New England art form if there ever was one, was a poor choice on the Connecticut ATB design for Weir Farm, where there are many varied examples.

    Much of the design simply depicts a mundane hillside of grass instead of including the stone wall, which would have been especially texturally expressive on the five ounce silver ATB.

  19. Mgm says

    HarryB,

    The pro version, witch I got for Christmas. I bought the double eagle from a private party on Ebay. I had some concerns seeing the picture. The picture he used was somewhat blurry. Look k at the left elbow. On your 27s. The fakes have a little divot in the elbow.

  20. So Krates says

    @ mgm – please post pics of your suspected counterfeit. Also a link to the listings would be appreciated. Thanks!

  21. johnaz says

    not only was I changed 21.00 in sale tax,e-bay and pay-pal took out there cut of 13% on the tax.I will not buy a coin on ebay any more.It cost me 31.00 over what a local coin shop cost for the some coins.

  22. mgm says

    So Krates,

    I need an email address to send it to or do you know where I can upload the pictures so people can see the coin.

    mgm

  23. So Krates says

    @ mgm – just position the cursor over the image and “right click”… a menu should pop up…then click on “copy image address”….then in the MNB comments box “right click” again and click “paste”

    thx

  24. So Krates says

    @ mgm – Or if you have the coin in hand and are wanting to upload pics you took then photobucket seems to be a good place to upload.

  25. Erik H says

    I’ve only bought one counterfeit and I should have pick out that it was a fake right away. It was a cheap foriegn coin that myself and the dealer thought was an unusual coin to fake. The strike was weak and weight was off by a few grams (almost 10% of the original coins actual weight).

    There was a second coin that IMO was real and when I tried to upgrade it a dealer that specializes in that type of coin told me it was fake. I then took it to a certification company at the show and he said the coin was good. I was definitely worried for a few minutes (sold it to another dealer right away)

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