2010 Boy Scout Centennial Silver Dollar

I just ordered the new United States Mint 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar. I didn't notice until someone brought it to my attention that the coin has a girl on the obverse. Can anyone explain why there is a girl on the coin?

 

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It amazes me how much flack the mint has caught for this- im not even a boyscout and I knew the answer to this before it was asked. The older boyscout programs are coed... so they wanted to represent that on the coin, hence the girl. Any no, if they make a girlscout coin there will not be a boy on it

 

There are two levels of older troops. The more common ones are the one's that you see and hear about. troops, boys, having fun, camping and learning leadership.

The other lesser know part of scouting are the Explorer Troops, these units tend to focus on club level: Coin collection, Photography, Engineering, Drum and bugle corps, robotics teams, anything, Not every explorer unit has girls but most do. Also explorer units tend to be more loosely run and most units tend not wear uniforms.

I was in a boyscout troop in Erie, PA from 1968 to 1975.

I was also in an explorer troop from 1971 to 1973, it was a photography club.

 

Are you from Erie and what troop? I was born, raised, and was in Troop 90

 

It is politically correct to do so.

Every coin from now on will have a black, asian and a female.

The mint will just dress them differently.

 

A very strange design.

 

Was thinking the same thing, there was the Explorer program. It might be called venturing now. Still little put out over the design but happy that Scouting is still getting a coin. I'm an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member so Scouting always has a place in my heart.

 

I was in troop 4, meetings were at First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, between W6 & W7 streets, it was a small troop, 20 to 10 boys, At the time, we were one of the very few troops that had been active since the beginning of BS in the US, ( I have no idea if the troop is still active ) Last time I was in Erie (2007), I drove out to my old summer BS camp, of course it was long gone, Camp Sequoyah was along the shore of Lake Erie, west of Fairview. It was developed for lake front housing. Back then I was in the Washington Council, I was told it merged with French Creek and other councils and they sold Sequoyah to fund the other camps and capital projects. I made it to Life Scout, also was inducted to the Order of the Arrow. I graduated high school from SV in 76.

 

look at the latest badge they can earn

http://gizmodo.com/5526230/boy-scouts-give-up-entirely-offer-video-game-badge

 

A great link Danr!

I think it's the language of how a Scout should proceed with obtaining the merit badge for video games that disturbs me most... There's all this explicit statement of adult supervision and assistance, appropriateness and approved content that seems so ironic to gaming.

I'm of the generation/age that I was beginning Scouting about the same time home video game consoles were proliferating in households. No adults seemed capable of doing anything with those electronics and wires, cartridges and such, let alone understand the fantasy and imagination of the game content. Video games and scouting were very separate things then. Kids who grew up unassisted with video game culture over the past 30 years learned everything by trial and error, intuitiveness and working together or through word of mouth from friends. Video games were only provided by the adults. Now some of those kids who were also Scouts are themselves now adults and some adults are imposing these rigid politically correct written elements of language in the rules to disclaim BSA organizational liability. I know the world has changed... I'm sure it's not just the video game merit badge that is written like this as well, it just seems very ironic to how little assistance children generally need to interact with games, consoles and choosing content, when much of that market is youth oriented, tested, rated and targeted at them to begin with. Nutty stuff indeed!

BTW, I love reading Gizmodo and gadget news too so that story was a win-win for my likes.:thumb:

 

Exploring originally was an extension of Scouting that allowed the boys to continue their activities after they turned 18. There was (and still is) Sea Scouts and Air Scouts (but I don't know if they still exist).

As I remember, you could join an Explorer Post before you turned 18 and actually continue to earn merit badges (including Coin Collecting) and rank towards Eagle (providing you completed it before you turned 18). Exploring also had it's own ranks (three I believe).

Specialty Exploring began around 1955 when William Spurgeon help create the first specialty Explorer post. Post 102, located at 201 Explorer way, Newport Beach, CA was a Science Explorer post sponsored by Hughes Aircraft's Newport Beach facility.
Through the 1960's, to get into Post 102, you had to be OKed by the local high school chemistry teacher (Kingery Whiteneck). Every member that that I can recall became a college graduate with a very high percentage of doctorates.

After Specialty Exploring became established, other specialties were included (Police, Fire Departments, etc.) Eventually membership in Exploring was extended to girls (thus the girl in the 2010 BSA Commem).

Cringely
Proud alumni of Post 102
and holder of the Coin Collecting merit badge

 

Cringely, interesting backround with your post. Yeah, Exploring was/is meant as more career-oriented group. I spent a stint with a Post that was focused on finance and credit lending. The firm did high yield commerical loans. It was quite an education.

Like to think that I have earned the coin collector merit badge via post grad work.

 

Basically, no coin ever offered by the mint may offend any person living or dead in the united states, mexico, or europe (they don't care for canada because of their superior coin designs), now they have added China and all of asia to that list. Future coins will have a we are the world theme on the front with a person of every culture and nationality representing something, on the back will be the logo for whatever is being commemorated. That is our future pain.

 

Hmm, if that was true, the US scouts coin would probably not have a design that suggests military discipline so much more than the scouting commems from, say, the UK, Portugal or Poland.

Christian

 

I was rejected from the Girl Scouts.

Stupid rule you had to be a girl!:desk:

 

Perhaps the current organization should change it's name to "Mostly Boy's Scouts". Politically correct verbiage.

 

You will find it true for any large organization, To use all sex,es and race,es in
All advertisements or products it promotes !

 

Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are 14 years of age OR 13 years of age and have completed the eighth grade and under 21 years of age. Venturing's purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults.

From: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Venturing.aspx

This is why there are girls who are Scouts. And I dare say, the ones I have met in Venture Crew are exemplary Scouts.

 

lol my troop has 3 boys thats small

 

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