3.0.0 2924 2017-12-15T00:04:24Z 2017-12-15T00:04:24Z Senate S S 2008-04-28 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-28T21:30:07Z Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Palladium Bullion Coin Act 110 5614 HR 2008-05-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2008-04-28 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2008-04-28 True Finance and Financial Sector Artists Arts, Culture, Religion Coins and coinage Commemorations Congress Congressional reporting requirements Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Gold Public Lands and Natural Resources Sculpture Finance and Financial Sector 00 2008-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-30T15:57:30Z Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act - Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a $20 coin that bears, on the obverse and reverse, the designs of the famous 27-millimeter version of the 1907 Augustus Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ultra-high relief gold piece.

Authorizes the Secretary to commence minting and issuing such coins for sale, beginning January 1, 2009.

Prohibits the coins, regardless of the composition, from being made available as so-called "fractional" coins.

States that no more than 25,000 shall be available for sale in a special "Golden Age of American Coinage" set.

Requires the Secretary to take specified protective and anti-counterfeiting measures.

Instructs the Treasury Inspector General to report to certain congressional committees on the extent of counterfeiting of rare, collectible, or numismatic coins for sale in the United States, regardless of the country where the original of such coin was produced or of the country in which the counterfeiting takes place, or sales overseas if such counterfeit coins are unauthorized copies of coins originally produced by the United States Mint.

]]> Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act Short Titles as Introduced Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act Display Title Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the production of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ultra-high relief bullion coins in palladium to provide affordable opportunities for investments in precious metals, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2924is/xml/BILLS-110s2924is.xml 2008-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.