For the second straight year in the U.S. Senate, a bill has been introduced that seeks to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day with up to 400,000 silver dollar coins.

The bill, entitled Mother’s Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, S.1012, would have the United States Mint issue proof and uncirculated coins in 2014 that are "emblematic of the 100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day."

Sen. Jay Rockefeller submitted the legislation and it contains virtually identical language to the prior bill (S. 2883), which died at the conclusion of the 110th Congress. (Ironically, a companion version (H.R. 2268) managed to pass in the House, but never made it through the Senate.) Read the rest of this entry »

If two U.S. senators have their way, in a few years you may be giving your mother a silver coin for Mother’s Day rather than the traditional card, flowers or candy. They propose a commemorative silver dollar to celebrate the event.

Senator Jay Rockefeller [D-WV] and Senator Robert C. Byrd [WV], the longest serving senator in history at age 90, introduced a new bill on April 17, 2008 that seeks the creation of a commemorative silver dollar to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day.

The bill, S. 2883, is entitled the Mother’s Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act and calls for 400,000 silver $1 coins to be minted in 2014 — six years into the future.

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