Requirement
4. Collect U.S. coins, with their designs and designers
Required Often forgotten
Six parts, (a) to (f). For each item, explain to your counselor the design features, designer name, designer initials, and where to find them.
Notes and warnings
Note. The first sentence applies to every item in (a) to (f): explain to your counselor the design features, designer name, designer initials, and where to find them. Parts (a), (b) and (d) also ask for an explanation of their own.
Tip. Start looking for the coins of requirement 4 at the beginning. Each must come from the year group, design group or program stated, and finding them can take time. If you choose a collection for requirement 7, that is 20 different items as well.
What this is made of
- 4(a). Two one-cent coins, and the 2009 cents
- 4(b). Two five-cent coins, and the 2004 to 2005 nickels
- 4(c). A ten-cent coin from 1965 to the present
- 4(d). Quarters from four periods and programs, and their purpose
- 4(e). A half dollar from 1965 to the present
- 4(f). Three dollar coins, one from each design group
Where this step comes from
- Coin Collecting Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 4 · Opens with an explanation of design features, designer name, designer initials and where to find them, for each item in (a) to (f).