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US Mint designs 3 coins for Boys Town's 100th anniversary

BOYS TOWN, Neb. (AP) — Three U.S. coins will be released next year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Boys Town.

The U.S. Mint unveiled the designs of the coins on Tuesday.

One will feature a portrait of Father Edward Flanagan, who founded Boys Town as an orphanage for boys in 1917. The organization has grown into a nonprofit that houses 400 troubled boys and girls on its Omaha campus.

Other coins will feature oak trees and scenes of young children seeking shelter.

A limited number of the $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half dollar coins are scheduled to be released next year.

Flanagan was depicted in the Academy Award-winning 1938 movie "Boys Town."

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