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This page is for BROWNIES and JUNIORS.

CADETTES and SENIORS should refer to cadettes_and_seniors_fun_with_money_patch.html.

This is the information you need to know when attending a "Fun with Money" workshop. Pre-registration is required so we can plan for how many patches and other "free stuff" we will need, as well as planning to have enough meeting space.

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"Fun with Money" patches are official Girl Scout Patches, created by the Wagon Wheel Council of Colorado Springs Colorado, and available to all Girl Scouts. Earning the patch has certain requirements associated with them, most if not all of which will be completed at the workshop. The requirements for Juniors and Seniors are more advanced than for Brownies and Cadettes. Girls who earned the patch as a Brownie or Junior are encouraged to earn it again as a Junior or Senior.

Additionally, the workshop will also help meet some of the requirements for the following awards: Hobbies Try-It, “Collecting” Hobbies Badge, Collecting IPA (Interest Project Award).

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The requirements for the "Fun with Money" patch are as follows:

Brownie/Junior Girl Scout Requirements

for Fun with Money Patch

• Brownies must complete 4 of the following 8 activities, including numbers 1 and 5.
• Juniors must complete 6 of the following 8 activities, including numbers 1 and 5.

1. REQUIRED: What do you think our money should look like? Design a new $1 coin. The design must look clear when it is the size of a coin, so do not make it cluttered. You must include the following inscriptions:
   • Obverse (Front, or “Heads” Side)
     The year
     LIBERTY
     IN GOD WE TRUST
     
     
   • Reverse (Back, or “Tails” Side)
     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
     ONE DOLLAR
     
2. The coins we use every day—called “circulating” coins—are made by United States Mints in Philadelphia and Denver. Find out where your coins were made by looking for the mintmark.
3. Look at some coins and paper money from other countries.
   1. How are they different from U.S. money?
   2. How are they the same as U.S. money?
   3. Make some rubbings or draw a picture of a few coins from other countries.
      Share them with your troop and/or family.
4. How easy or difficult is it for someone who is blind or visually impaired to use U.S. money?
   If you were blind, how would you buy things at the store? Put on a blindfold and try these activities:
   1. Get a handful of coins—pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Can you tell them apart?
   2. Can you tell the difference between $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills? How, or why not?
   3. Should Braille be added to U.S. paper money? Why or why not?
5. REQUIRED: Tour the American Numismatic Association (ANA) Money Museum to explore the world of money and what “numismatics” means. Also, use the ANA Library to learn about different areas ofnumismatics that might interest you. If you are unable to visit the ANA Money Museum or Library in person, visit the ANA website athttp://www.money.org/ and write a report to share with your troop and/or family.
6. Who is pictured on the current $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills? Write a brief biography of each person and share what you’ve learned with your family and/or troop.
7. Collect all the state quarters from any one year. How many different state quarters were issued each year? Display your set of coins and share some interesting facts about each state with your family and/or troop.
8. Learn more by doing one or more of the following activities:
   
   1. Go to a coin show.
   2. Attend a coin club meeting.
   3. Talk with a coin collector.
   4. Visit a coin dealer.
   5. Visit a U.S. Mint facility.