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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 628063, member: 11521&quot;]My Advanced Grading course is going well.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This evening I attended the CCAC (Citizens Coin Advisory Committee) open session and found it very interesting. The first portion was a public forum. They allowed a few people in the audience to ask questions. I asked if they could propose changes to non-commemorative (i.e., circulating) coinage designs and, if so, could they propose replacing the dead Presidents with something more inspiring, e.g., allegorical figures of Liberty. The simple answer was - they cannot propose anything the Secretary of the Mint is not allowed to do by law and the law does not allow coin designs to be changed more often than every 25 years. For the most part, the CCAC advises on Commemorative coins and other coin designs as they are asked.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The second part of the session was a formal meeting where the members reviewed and voted on proposed designs for the Edmund Moy medal. (Every Director of the Mint gets a medal.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Next they reviewed and voted on proposed designs for the Boy Scouts of America commemorative dollar.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>During the review of proposed designs they did take some input from audience members, especially people who work closely with scouting. It was a very interesting process to observe. If their recommended designs are made into a medal or a coin I will feel like I played a small part in the process that made the medal or coin come about.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mint Director Edmund Moy was also in attendance. During a break I got to shake his hand and get his autograph. Very cool! And he is a very nice guy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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