[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 19799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07622]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

United States Mint


National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program Design 
Competition

ACTION: Notification of the Opening of the National Baseball Hall of 
Fame Commemorative Coin Program Design Competition on April 11, 2013.

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SUMMARY: The United States Mint announces the opening of a national 
coin design competition that will culminate in the Secretary of the 
Treasury's selection of the image for the obverse (heads side) of the 
2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins. The 
competition, which is open to all United States citizens and permanent 
residents ages 14 and over, begins on April 11, 2013, at 12 noon 
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The submission period will end at 12 noon 
EDT on April 26, 2013, if 10,000 or more entries have been received by 
that time. If fewer than 10,000 entries have been received by 12 noon 
EDT on April 26, 2013, then the submission period will remain open 
until 10,000 entries have been received, but will end no later than May 
11, 2013, at 12 noon EDT. The winner of the design competition will be 
awarded $5,000, and the winner's initials will appear on the minted 
coins.
    The National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act (Act), 
Public Law 112-152 (Aug. 3, 2012), requires the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint and issue three 2014 commemorative coins to recognize 
and celebrate the National Baseball Hall of Fame: up to 50,000 $5 gold 
coins, up to 400,000 $1 silver coins, and up to 750,000 half-dollar 
clad coins. The Act requires a competition, which Challenge.gov is 
hosting, to select a common obverse design emblematic of the game of 
baseball. Additionally, the Act expresses Congress's sense that the $5 
gold and $1 silver coins have a shape such that the obverse is concave 
and the reverse is convex.
    Entries will be evaluated during a selection process consisting of 
an initial screening for minimum requirements and four evaluation 
rounds. The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, the U.S. Commission of 
Fine Arts, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame will review the 
finalist designs, after which the United States Mint will put forward a 
recommended design to the Secretary of the Treasury for selection.
    Official rules, guidelines, and entry instructions for the United 
States Mint National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program 
Design Competition can be found at www.usmint.gov/batterup and at 
www.batterup.challenge.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The United States Mint's Competition 
Administrator is Leslie Schwager, Program Specialist. She can be 
reached at [email protected].

    Authority:  National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin 
Act, Public Law 112-152.

    Dated: March 27, 2013.
David Motl,
Chief Financial Officer, United States Mint.
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