Buffalo Coin Act of 1999

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Buffalo Coin Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue half-dollar coins based on the original five-cent coin designed by James Earle Fraser and minted from 1913 to 1938. Mandates that: (1) each coin have a profile representation of a Native American on the obverse side and a representation of a buffalo on the reverse side; (2) coin design be selected by the Secretary and reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee; and (3) a $3 sales surcharge be imposed per coin and distributed to the National Museum of the American Indian to commemorate its tenth anniversary and to supplement its endowment and educational outreach funds.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 February 1999

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 February 1999

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