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Requirements June 1972 until January 1975

(a) Collect a type set of United States coins issued during the year of your birth (except commemorative, rare, and gold coins).  Coins from any available mint will be acceptable.

(b) In your birth-year collection, point out the mint mark (if any) on each coin and identify the mint.

(c) In this collection, point out the initials (if any) of the designer on each coin and identify the designer.

2. Collect a type set of United States coins minted during the 20th century (except commemorative and gold coins).

3. Do ONE of the following two projects:

(a) Make enlarged rough sketches of both sides of five different denominations of United States coins minted from 1792 through 1852, and of both sides of five different colonial or State coins issued prior to 1792.  Show all designs, dates, and lettering clearly.

(b) Collect, classify, and properly mount 50 different coins minted by at least 10 different countries.

Requirements January 1975 until 1995

1. Do these:

(a) Collect a type set of U.S. coins by any year currently being minted or in circulation.  Commemorative, proof, silver, rare, or expensive coins are not needed. Have at least one coin from each mint in your type set.

(b) In your type set, point out and identify the mint mark (if any) on each coin. Tell when each mint first started making coins.

   (c) For each coin in your type set, point out the location of the initials (if any) of each coin's designer(s).

2. Do these:

(a) Tell about the various grades of coins.  Show six examples.

(b) Tell what buffed and whizzed coins are. Tell how to detect them.

3. (a) Tell how to detect counterfeit coins.

(b) Tell how to properly clean coins.

4. Do TWO of the following:

(a) Make enlarged sketches of both sides of five different kinds of U.S. coins minted from 1792 through the present year. Make sketches of both sides of five different colonial or state coins minted before 1792. Show all designs, dates, and lettering clearly.

(b) Collect, classify, and mount 50 different coins of 10 different countries.

(c) Collect a type set of U.S. coins minted during the 20th century (except commemorative, proof, gold, rare, or expensive coins).

(d) Collect a set of some U.S. series of coins beginning with your year of birth (except for rare or expensive coins).

(e) Collect, classify, describe, and mount 10 medals, tokens, or combination of both.  Have three different medals or tokens and three different metals or compositions in the collection.

(f) Show the location of and explain the following on a current piece of U.S. paper money: (1) the Federal Reserve Bank and letter, (2) serial number, (3) series, (4) check letter, (5) face plate number, (6) back plate number, (7) seal and seal color, (8) signatures, (9) denomination. Describe three things to look for in detecting counterfeits.