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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Penna_Boy, post: 3623478, member: 99058&quot;]The Girl Scouts of the USA will not be receiving any surcharges from the U.S. Mint because sales of the 2013-W Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial commemorative silver dollars failed to cover production costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>This represents the first time that a recipient organization designated in commemorative coin legislation “is not eligible to receive surcharge payments due to program costs not being recovered,” Tom Jurkowsky, director of the U.S. Mint’s Office of Corporate Communications, said Jan. 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sales totaled just 35 percent of the congressionally authorized number of coins for the program.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the maximum authorization of 350,000 coins, final but unaudited sales figures released Jan. 2 by the U.S. Mint showed a total of 123,817 coins were sold — 86,354 Proof coins and 37,463 Uncirculated coins. Coins were sold individually, with the Uncirculated coin additionally available in a Young Collector set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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