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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dponsness, post: 382638, member: 14967&quot;]Hmmm,</p><p><br /></p><p>At first I thought this was some prank as the HR number comes up as something else, but upon further research (they like to change bill numbers for some reason) this did prove to be accurate. I did look at the whole bill and found a couple of interesting things....</p><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(8) DESIGNS AFTER END OF PROGRAM- Upon the completion of the coin program under this subsection, the design on--</li> </ul></li> </ul><p> <ul> <li><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(A) the obverse of the quarter dollar shall revert to the same design containing an image of President Washington in effect for the quarter dollar before the institution of the 50-State quarter dollar program; and</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul><p> <ul> <li><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(B) notwithstanding the fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1), the reverse of the quarter dollar shall contain an image of General Washington crossing the Delaware River prior to the Battle of Trenton.</li> </ul><ul> <li>-------</li> </ul><ul> <li>And then there was this tidbit......</li> </ul><ul> <li><b>SEC. 201. SILVER BULLION COIN.</b><br /> &nbsp;<br /> <ul> <li>Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (t) (as added by title I of this Act) the following new subsection:</li> </ul><ul> <li>`(u) Silver Bullion Investment Product-</li> </ul><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall strike and make available for sale such number of bullion coins as the Secretary determines to be appropriate that are exact duplicates of the quarter dollars issued under subsection (t), each of which shall--</li> </ul></li> </ul><ul> <li><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(A) have a diameter of 3.0 inches and weigh 5.0 ounces;</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul><ul> <li><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(B) contain .999 fine silver;</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul><ul> <li><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(C) have incused into the edge the fineness and weight of the bullion coin;</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul><ul> <li><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(D) bear an inscription of the denomination of such coin, which shall be `quarter dollar&#039;; and</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul><ul> <li><ul> <li><ul> <li>`(E) not be minted or issued by the United States Mint as so-called `fractional&#039; bullion coins or in any size other than the size described in paragraph (A).</li> </ul><ul> <li>------</li> </ul><ul> <li>A 5 oz. .999 three inch diameter &quot;quarter&quot;??????</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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