Coin Collecting Merit Badge
Learn about coin minting, numismatic terminology, and collection storage methods. Explore U.S. Mint facilities and preservation techniques to earn this merit badge.
What you'll do
- How Coins Are Made Understand how coins are made and where the active U.
- Coin Terminology Explain the following terms: obverse, reverse, reeding, clad, type set, and date set.
- Storing Your Collection Describe three different ways to store a collection, and the benefits, drawbacks, and cost of each method.
- 4. Building Your Collection Collect a one-cent coin from the year group: 1959-2008 (that is, dated between 1959 and 2008) and a one-cent coin from …
At a glance
- Requirements
- 7
- Category
- Hobbies
- Eagle Required
- No
- Updated
- March 29, 2026