Upcoming 2018 Reverse Proof American Innovation Coin

I just need/want the one.

Interesting. The mint produced 100k in a week, but the listed mintage limit is 75k.

BadDog, awesome job! So assuming that they only sell 75k, I wonder if they'll officially list the mintage as 75k or 101,289.

I believe that the official mintage should end up being whatever is sold (up to 75k) and the excess above this should end up in the Mint's metals recycling program

The https://www.foia.gov/ website will tell you pretty much everything about FOIA. Here's a link to the Treasury Department's online FOIA submission form as well.


Well, you can of course ask for anything, but you may not get the response you want (hence the appeal process outlined in the FOIA above letter). Everything in the US Government is not FOIAable so to speak. There are 8 standard exemptions (see here). Also, records don't have to be created anew to answer a request.

IMHO, a question about why a policy decision was made, such as the one you're postulating, typically result in a no records found response or something like that. This is because decisions are typically documented and an official record is created, but the rationale leading to those decisions typically are not.

Rationale? I think you're being quite generous. What kind of business would make a product before deciding how many they want to sell? Answer: One that is a monopoly and doesn't have to answer to the owners for a lack of rational decisions. That said, I think your point is spot on from what I understand.

You can easily buy those three coins in that condition for less than $15. $55 for a 3rd party look at a modern coin and put it in a slab doesn't seem like a good deal to me.