Not according to their accounting https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-US-Mint-Annual-Report.pdf Check the chart for...
The restriction on the ASE mintage was - reportedly - due to inability to acquire sufficient planchets. The law requires the mint to procure...
And it's clearly printed on top of the security features. It's simply that the alcohol-based stamp-pad ink isn't sticking to the intaglio printed...
By law, the mint has to cover its costs on numismatic products. I personally think the are putting too much of the fixed costs in that bucket....
When it comes to the impaired proof stand-ins, well, even if they aren't perfect, I love them all :-) [ATTACH]
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