Sec. 4. DESIGN OF COINS

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## SEC. 4 DESIGN OF COINS ###

(a)In general The design for the coins minted under this Act shall be— ####

(1)selected by the Secretary after consultation with— #####

(A)the Commission of Fine Arts; and #####

(B)with respect to the design of the reverse of the coins, the Administrator of NASA; and ####

(2)reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. ###

(b)Designations and Inscriptions On each coin minted under this Act there shall be— ####

(1)a designation of the denomination of the coin; ####

(2)an inscription of the year “2019”; and ####

(3)inscriptions of the words “Liberty”, “In God We Trust”, “United States of America”, and “E Pluribus Unum”. ###

(c)Selection and Approval Process for Obverse Design ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall hold a juried, compensated competition to determine the design of the common obverse of the coins minted under this Act, with such design being emblematic of the United States space program leading up to the first manned Moon landing. ####

(2)Selection process Proposals for the obverse design of coins minted under this Act may be submitted in accordance with the design selection and approval process developed by the Secretary in the sole discretion of the Secretary. ####

(3)Proposals As part of the competition described in this subsection, the Secretary may accept proposals from artists, engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the general public, and any designs submitted for the design review process described herein shall be anonymized until a final selection is made. ####

(4)Compensation The Secretary shall determine compensation for the winning design under this subsection, which shall be not less than $5,000. ###

(d)Reverse Design The design on the common reverse of the coins minted under this Act shall be a representation of a close-up of the famous “Buzz Aldrin on the Moon” photograph taken July 20, 1969, that shows just the visor and part of the helmet of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, in which the visor has a mirrored finish and reflects the image of the United States flag and the lunar lander and the remainder of the helmet has a frosted finish.