Updated: Apr. 8, 2026
Coin Collecting Merit Badge
The Buffalo Numismatic Association (BNA) sponsors a Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic that is open to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, siblings, and kids interested in coin collecting. The workshop is offered only in the spring at The BNA’s Monthly Coin Show.
The Boy Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic is a fun-filled day where scouts learn about coins and coin collecting. Each participant receives a bag of materials and free coins to help them start their collection. Door prizes, giveaways (for correct answers to questions), and the “Deal or No Deal” game give scouts the opportunity to collect additional coins, books, and albums.
Prerequisites
“Be Prepared” is a motto that all Boy Scouts live by, and earning this merit badge will take some preparation. Be sure to read the entire Coin Collecting Merit Badge Pamphlet -(Yes! The whole thing!)
You must bring with you the following items to complete Requirement #4:
- Collect a one-cent coin from the following year groups:
- 1959-2008
(i.e., a coin dated between 1959 and 2008)
- 1959-2008
- Collect two five-cent coins, one from each of these groups:
- 1959-2003
- 2006-present.
- Collect a ten-cent coin:
- 1965-present.
- Collect twenty-five-cent coins:
- From 1965-1998,
- Two (2) examples from the 50-State Quarter® territories Program 1999-2009
- Two (2) designs from the America the Beautiful® program 2010-2021
- Two (2) designs from the American Woman Quarter® program (2022-2024).
- Collect a half dollar coin:
- 1965-present.
- Collect a dollar coin from the following design groups:
- Susan B. Anthony 1979-1981, 1999
- Sacagawea 2000-2008
Can’t Get Your Hands on a Coin Collecting Handbook?
You can get an electronic copy at:
Get the Coin Collecting Merit Badge Pamphlet
For More Information
Contact: Jim Bucki at jmbucki@The-BNA.org
Young Numismatists Club
Who Are the YNs?
The BNA Young Numismatists Club meets at every BNA Coin Show. Look for the “Kids Corner” sign at the show and see what fun activity we are doing for boys and girls ages 6 to 18 years old. The more shows that you come to, the bigger the prize you will win at the end of the year.
Earn some more BNA Bucks by writing an article for Coin Craze (send articles to jmbucki@the-BNA.org) or doing a Show-N-Tell. Remember, the BNA Bucks never expire, so save them for next year and treat them like you would real money.
For more information, contact The BNA Scouting & Youth Coordinator at jmbucki@The-BNA.org