Results of the survey and comments from visitors to the site will be used to guide the CCCAC toward recommendations for commemorative coin issues for 2005 and the years to follow. In addition to interactive dialogue with the Committee will be posting important information about the status of commemorative coin programs and other issues.

The Committee announced the opening of its Web site in its recently published Annual Report to Congress for 2000.

“We are putting a premium on open communication with our stakeholders,” said CCCAC Chair Elsie Sterling Howard. “We need to know what coin collectors are thinking. Sales of commemorative coins over the past 18 years have raised more than $409 million for many great causes, and we believe strongly that collectors deserve a forum where their voice can be clearly heard.”

By striking a limited quantity of each commemorative coin and selling them only through the U.S. Mint, their value increases as they are sold and resold by coin dealers and collectors. 

Profits made by the U.S. Mint though sales of commemorative coins goes to fund many worthy programs. For example, sales of 15.4 million 1986 Statue of Liberty Half-Dollar contributed over $83.2 million toward the recent restoration and refurbishing of the Statue of Liberty. 

Speaking of money, have you tried the U.S. paper money pictorial trivia test? Whose picture IS on the $10,000 bill?