Finanse publiczne · 02/04/2013

United States Mint Kids' Baseball Coin Design Challenge

The United States Mint announces the opening of a national kids' baseball coin design challenge on April 11, 2013, that seeks design entries from contestants age 13 years or younger on the theme, "What's Great about Baseball." As part of the United States Mint's education initiative, this challenge is designed to provide learning materials for children, teachers, and parents on the United States Mint and its coins and medals, to build awareness of the bureau's operations and programs, and to complement the United States Mint National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program Design Competition, which is a national competition for individuals 14 or older to create the design for the common obverse (front) of coins to be issued under the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program. In creating their design entries, contestants are allowed to use any medium--acrylics, watercolor, pencil, charcoal, marker, spray paint, crayon, pastels, or digital software. All contestants will receive a letter of acknowledgement. Eligible entries will be posted on Challenge.gov, and the design with the most public votes in each age bracket (0-5 years, 6-10 years, and 11-13 yea