Boy Scouts Silver Dollar Obverse Final Coin Design - Click to Enlarge

While its primary function is to provide circulating coinage, every year the United States Mint also strikes special commemorative coins whose purpose is not only to celebrate and honor selected people, places and events, but to provide additional funds for organizations related to the theme of the coin created -- as dictated by law.

There are two commemoratives up for issue this year -- the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar and the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar. Each honors a group of people who have enriched the lives of Americans in one way or another. And through the proceeds of these respective coins, some of their goals for the future are helped. [click to continue…]

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