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Requirements

Understand how coins are made and where the active U.S. Mint facilities are located.
Explain these collecting terms:
Obverse
Reverse
Reeding
Clad
Type set
Date set
Explain the grading terms Uncirculated, Extremely Fine, Very Fine, Fine, Very Good, Good, and Poor. Show five different grade examples of the same coin type. Explain the term proof and why it is not a grade. Tell what encapsulated coins are.
Know three different ways to store a collection, and describe the benefits, drawbacks, and expense of each method. Pick one to use when completing requirements.
Do the following:
Demonstrate to your counselor that you know how to use two U.S. or world coin reference catalogs.
Read a numismatic magazine or newspaper and tell your counselor about what you learned.
Describe the 1999 - 2008 50 State Quarters® Program. Collect and show your counselor five different state quarters you have acquired from circulation.
Collect from circulation a set of current U.S. coins. Include one coin of each denomination (cent, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar). For each coin, locate the mint marks, if any, and the designer's initials, if any.
Do the following:
Identify the people depicted on the following denominations of current U.S. paper money: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.
Explain "legal tender."
Describe the role the Federal Reserve System plays in the distribution of currency.
Do ONE of the following:
Collect and identify 50 foreign coins from at least 10 different countries.
Collect and identify 20 bank notes from at least five different countries.
Collect and identify 15 different tokens or medals.
For each year since the year of your birth, collect a date set of a single type of coin.
Do ONE of the following:
Tour a U.S. Mint facility, a Bureau of Engraving and Printing facility, a Federal Reserve bank, or a numismatic museum or exhibit, and describe what you learned to your counselor.
With your parent's permission, attend a coin show or coin club meeting, or view the website of the U.S. Mint or a coin dealer, and report what you learned.
Give a talk about coin collecting to a group such as your troop, a Cub Scout pack, or your class at school.
Do drawings of five Colonial-era U.S. coins.

barrytrot wrote:My goodness. If this is how difficult to get a merit badge I have even MORE respect for my 2 friends that are Eagle Scouts.

I wouldn't come close to passing all that, and I've collected coins for decades!

barrytrot wrote:I didn't bother to Google it or anything, but I would wager that the stats on the "success ratio" of Eagle Scouts is pretty darn good! Discipline tends to be a benefit throughout life

reddirtcoins wrote:You want to hear something sad?

I took my son from Tiger all the way to "almost" eagle. I sent him to SeaBase for what should have been his reward for eagle. He was 2 merit badges and his eagle project and elected not to finish. (edited) He was 15 so driving was not the issue.

That is sad but, it was his choice and he has to live with it.
I talked with some old timers (80 years+) who were eagles and they sad I made the correct choice. I was there for him all along and it was "his" eagle to earn, not mine.

It was fun.. I'm thinking about joining back up. I miss it.

exbingoaddict wrote:

barrytrot wrote:I didn't bother to Google it or anything, but I would wager that the stats on the "success ratio" of Eagle Scouts is pretty darn good! Discipline tends to be a benefit throughout life

There was a study done. Results showed that Eagle Scouts were 73% more likely to vote. They also hold leadership positions within their community at 76% more then others.

http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/210-045_WB.pdf

Market Harmony wrote:I am an Eagle Scout. It's a great thing. It is the only rank which you can say for the rest of your life... "I am an Eagle Scout" ... not was