Thursday, March 14, 2013

Girl Scouts Coin! :)

It's Cookie Delivery Season once again! Sadly, this will be my last year of cookie-selling as an Ambassador Girl Scout. I will, however, continue to purchase and enjoy the awesomeness of GSA cookies next year in college! (And FYI, contrary to popular belief, Thin Mints do not make you any thinner!)

Picture from:
http://www.thegloss.com/2010/04/01/odds-and-ends/10-reasons-thin-mint-cookies-are-clearly-the-best-girl-scout-cookies/


I was just perusing the Girl Scouts of America Website (you should, too! There's a lot of interesting GS info on there!), when I came across something that I found particularly awesome!

According to girlscouts.org, the United States Mint will be creating up to 350,000 silver dollar coins to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of Girl Scouting!

Picture from: http://www.girlscouts.org/something_big.asp
 

On the heads side, the words "courage, confidence, and character" adorn the top of the coin, inspired by the GSA mission statement: "Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place." Beneath these words, three Girl Scouts of different ages are depicted smiling. The 100th anniversary Trefoil symbol underneath the girls signifies the centennial anniversary of our organization!! :D

Minted on the reverse side is "the iconic Profiles of Girl Scouts of the USA with the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, $1 and GIRL SCOUTS."

You can purchase the collectible coin either from the GSA Website or from the US Mint Website.

Info From:

GSA Website: http://www.girlscouts.org/something_big.asp
United States Mint Website: http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&mpe_id=12101&productId=16830&intv_id=15552&evtype=CpgnClick&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&ddkey=ClickInfo

Stay Beautiful Everyone! <3
~Gold Girl Allie