Lions coin in 2017
Lions Club International will be honored in 2017 with a silver dollar commemorative coin marking its 100th anniversary. The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee endorsed designs featuring the club’s founder for…
Lions Club International will be honored in 2017 with a silver dollar commemorative coin marking its 100th anniversary.
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee endorsed designs featuring the club’s founder for the obverse and a pair of lions for the reverse when it met recently.
The club’s preference for a portrait of founder Melvin Jones was selected for the obverse, according to CCAC Chairman Mary Lannin.
But while the Lions Club preferred a reverse design that depicted a male and female lion along with a lion cub, Lannin said the committee felt the addition of the cub made the design two busy. It instead endorsed a design featuring a male and female lion.
A surcharge of $10 from the sale of each club will support ongoing Lions programs that assist the visually impaired, disabled, youth and those affected by major disasters.
This article was originally printed in Numismatic News.
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