2008 Sacagawea To Be Minted. Congress Keeps Sacagaweas.

It appears that we may see circulated Sacs again this year.

The new bill authorizes clause (i) of section 5112(n)(1)(B) of title 31, United States Code to continue to be in effect.

Section 5112(n)(1)(B) of title 31, United States Code reads:

(B) Continuity provisions.—
(i) In general.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall continue to mint and issue $1 coins which bear any design in effect before the issuance of coins as required under this subsection (including the so-called "Sacagawea-design" $1 coins).
(ii) Circulation quantity.— Beginning January 1, 2007, and ending upon the termination of the program under paragraph (8), the Secretary annually shall mint and issue such "Sacagawea-design" $1 coins for circulation in quantities of no less than 1/3 of the total $1 coins minted and issued under this subsection."

The bill that President Bush just signed reads:

One Hundred Tenth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January, two thousand and eight

An Act

To provide for the continued minting and issuance of certain $1 coins in 2008.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (i) of section 5112(n)(1)(B) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of Public Law 110-82) shall continue in effect, notwithstanding the amendment made by section 3 of Public Law 110-82, until the effective date of the amendment made by section 2 of such Public Law.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.

True. All the above.

The way I see it... The U.S. Mint has authorization to mint P, D and S mint and is required to mint Sacs in no less than 1/3 quantity of Presidential dollars for circulation.

Anyone see different?

I thought there was another law or amendment that suspended the "1/3 quantity of Presidential dollars" requirement for SACs. In other words, they would mint SACs, but not necessarily at the high mintages originally intended. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think this was discussed because the Presidential dollars are being minted in extraordinary numbers- I think it was 300,000,000 for 2007.

I agree kceb10. These things just aren't getting out.

maybe we'll see some business strikes from sanfrancisco to keep up with the mintage figures or perhaps (gasp) even west point

Looks like the only way we'll start to really see dollar coins in numbers out there is trough the demise of the dollar bill. Even then, I bet the current supply of Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea and Presidential dollar coins out there would be enough to replace all dollar bills various times over, even if they stopped minting the dollar coins today.

I dunno. It just seems so crazy that these dollar coins are minted in such great numbers, though seemingly only a tiny percentage of people actually use them.

Supposedly, yes, it is meant to be circulated. If only that same legislation removed the dollar bill from circulation. Otherwise, just a waste of time.

That headache will become a fever...

I gotta fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell coins!