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Message:: [QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3742790, member: 91609"][USER=105824]@Christian buffington[/USER] , good question.  Sometime it's hard to identify the motives of Congress & the Mint. Well, I think they are pandering to a certain segment of the population.  It seems odd to me that if they want to celebrate the "Teacher in Space" moment & the extreme tragedy which occurred 33 yrs ago (1986; & which by the way killed 6 other heroic astronauts), they should have done this years ago. The fact that they will produce "not more than" 350,000 is an attempt to influence the "rarity" aspect & drive sales.  And to further the "commercialization" aspect, note that after they determine the cost, there will be a $10 surcharge per coin which will go to the FIRST organization (purportedly for future studies in technology). As for errors, I would discount that, since with such a small production number they are likely to scrutinize most of them, & I just don't think they are going to max out their run, at least not to our (read: coin collecting) community. (I envision a big advertising push to schools, etc. however)  I do not believe this coin will produce a value higher than its issue price (& then you would still be out the surcharge). I do collect space related coins, tokens (just last week received a gorgeous Apollo 11 coin/token), etc., and have a history with Grumman & the space program, but I do not consider the "Teacher in Space" coin a target. JMHO[/QUOTE]