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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 8157168, member: 59677&quot;]No they can&#039;t. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;In most cases the mintage limits for the coins are given in the enabling legislation. As well sometimes as fairly explicit definitions of the artistic (air quotes) content. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4104/text?r=7&amp;s=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4104/text?r=7&amp;s=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4104/text?r=7&amp;s=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;</p><p>shall mint and issue the following</p><p>coins:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (1) $5 gold coins.--Not more than 50,000 $5 coins, which</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; shall--</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (A) weigh 8.359 grams;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;In legislation shall means a requirement.&nbsp; The wiggle room is that &quot;shall not more&quot; establishes an upper bound. Zero meets the legal test too.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;And the mint retains flexibility in product types within those limits. 10K with a privy mark are fine, they just count against the overall limit.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Ultimately blame for the design falls on the secretary of the Treasury...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;(b) Selection.--The designs for the coins minted under this Act</p><p>shall be--</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (1) &lt;&lt;NOTE: Consultation.&gt;&gt;&nbsp; selected by the Secretary after</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; consultation with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Commission of Fine Arts; and</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The shenanigans over having an S proof but a reverse W proof falls right on Congress:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; (a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued</p><p>in uncirculated and proof qualities.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; (b) Mint Facilities.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may</p><p>be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under this</p><p>Act.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;If you check the legislation for the 2021 Morgan and peace dollars dollars you&#039;ll see that they designated specific mints that were to strike the coins. That&#039;s why you could have both circulated and uncirculated PD and S coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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