Coin Collecting
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![]() | This is the Coin Collecting merit badge for Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts and Venturers can also earn the Collections and Stamp Collecting merit badges. |
Coin Collecting merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1938 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 035 | |
Requirements revision: | 2017 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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“ | Coin collecting is one of the oldest of all hobbies. Hoards of ancient coins found in excavations indicate that coins were one of the first collectibles. From earliest times, people valued coins not only as a means of trading and storing wealth, but also as miniature works of art. | ” |
Coin Collecting merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
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Notes
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- Coin Collecting is a rare merit badge!
Requirement resources
1. US Mint Process of Making Coins - US Mint
2. Dictionary of Coin Collecting Terminology - Coin Terminology - Coin Collecting History, Themes, etc.
3. Coin Grading Scale - Coin Grading - Grading (with photos) -
4. Storing your Coin Collection
5. PCGS Coin Prices Online Reference Catalog - Reference Magazines: Coin Prices - Coins Magazine - Numismatic News - World Coin News -
6. State Quarters Program
7. Current US Coins, Photos, Designers, etc. - National Numismatic Collection Smithsonian Institution
8a. US Paper Money History, Photos, Types, etc.
8b. Legal Tender
8c. The Federal Reserve — Official site
9a. World Coin Identification Guide Online - World Coin Online Catalog
9b. Society of Paper Money Collectors
9c. Society of U.S. Pattern Collectors
9d. A date set of a single type of coin might be one Lincoln penny from each year from your birth.
10a. Tour the US Mint - U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Federal Reserve Districts
10b. Coin Shows Listing - Coin Shows - The U.S. Mint for Kids
10d. The Coins of Colonial and Early America
Related awards
Hobby-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- American Numismatic Association
- American Numismatic Society
- Have you ever wondered about a $1 bill?
- The National Numismatic Collection