100th Anniversary Of Boy Scouts Of America Coin Authorized

I did not this was in the works. Good Job!

I was a Boy Scout, and yes, I did get a Coin Collecting Merit Badge!

I think this is great.

On another note...Good to see you again Fred!

Guys, thanks for the welcome back but I'm only here for a short time in between radiation zaps for my latest cancer. I'll try to check in more often but no guarantees. I'm down more often than I'm up. Main reason I checked in this time was because the Scouting subject matter means so much to me.

Fred

So Australian scouts and US scouts came in at the same time?

Because we have Scout Anniversery $1 coins out this year and in circulation now I think

This is great !...My nephew will be an Eagle Scout someday I guarantee you.....His dad is seeing to it ! He, in fact, very soon is going to a big scout camp in Colorado.......they go every year. His dad is a Doctor, but sees to it that he can go with his son to these things "Scout related" all of the time.....and goes camping once a month with them, etc. etc....he himself was an Eagle Scout, Bronze star in the Army in the first Gulf War, medical school, and now an Internal Medicene Doctor, his son (my nephew) is super bright.....tests in the top 2% in reading and other studies in the country.....goes to a private school......but he's just an incredible 12 year old kid !....wants to be an officer in the military like his dad was too.....I'm getting him in to coin collecting and he will just LOVE this coin !
Does anyone think this will be such a "popular coin" with all the scout leaders accross this country in all of the little towns to all of the suburbs and large cities.....that it might be hard to get for those who aren't on the ball quickly?
I think it might just be one of those "coveted coins" that will sell out in 5 or 6 hours........I'm gonna get two and give one as a gift if I can.
2010......hummmmm......what will the price of silver be when they go on sale ?.....this coin could be a $65.00 - $70.00 Silver Dollar by then !

MorganFred........
Thanks for the info.....I'm sorry to hear about your cancer.....I hope you regain your full health and strength.......I haven't had the pleasure of knowing you before this topic on CCF, buy you have my prayers, friendship, and well wishes anyway !......Live Strong friend !...

Yes we did that too! Then there were the campouts at a local army base. Live military ordnance + scouts = bad idea.

Btw, any developments regarding the mail?

That's worrisome--sorry! I can only hope it makes its way back home, then I'll send it again.

Each Boy Scout $1 coin will have a $10 surcharge and the run will be
limited to 350,000 coins. Read the legislation.

Therefore only 1 Boy Scout in 10 could even have one and the coins
will never be in general circulation. The public will never see them
and never care. The $3.5 million surcharge profit will go to the Boy
Scout Foundation. So this is totally self-serving to BSA national
with no use to local units or Scouts themselves.

I was hoping to buy a hundred or so and spend them into general
circulation for the promotion of Scouting. The centennial UK 50p coin
was in general circulation for all to see and use.

I'm sad to see such a narrow misuse of what could have been a
wonderful public display of Scouting.

Bill Ragsdale
K6KN