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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1914516, member: 15929&quot;]Huh? (and this has probably already been addressed)</p><p><br /></p><p>IIRC, someone at the US Mint decided to make up&nbsp; 22 kt Gold Sacagawea Dollars in the year 2000 but the authority to do so came under question. Of the 39 that were minted&nbsp; (which they had planned on selling as a regular offering to the public), 27 were melted leaving 12 that were flown into space and then squirrelled away to Fort Knox.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/508062" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/508062" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/508062</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Treasury Department certainly has the authority to &quot;change&quot; a coins design after 25 years of use but it just is not going to happen in this day and age and certainly not toward older established designs. Even the 2009 Ultra High Relief was &quot;different&quot; than the original or any of the other Saint Gaudens $20 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, the production of gold coins of a specific size, weight, and legal tender value was most assuredly authorized by Congress in the Gold Bullion Act of 1985.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/legislation/Public_Law_99-185.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/legislation/Public_Law_99-185.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/legislation/Public_Law_99-185.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Deviating from those specification would be considered &quot;against the law&quot;. As such, there is no authorizing legislation governing a 1/20 ounce Gold Coin whether the Secretary of the Treasury (an appointed office) want&#039;s one or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof and uncirculated versions of &quot;existing and authorized&quot; coins of the two bullion acts of 1985 are made at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury and are not required by law. An example of this occurred in 2009 when no Proof 2009 Silver Eagle was produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would advise a little more research into what can and cannot be done before authoring a petition which meets only your needs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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