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    Mint Records and Documentation

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 10/12/2023 at 4:06 PM, RWB said:

    Sorry about the FOIA. The Mint Bureau does not have capabilities to store much beyond routine in-use material. Just like the old paper-based Mint, they don;t want any embarrassing arguments or comments to get out ... at least not until those involved are retired or dead. ;)

    If journalists can submit FOIA requests and get documents, e-mails, texts messages and bank records on the Biden family for influence Peddling, corruption, extortion, money laundering and suspicious activity report (SAR's) to line their pockets from foreign advisory governments, why can't I get records from the mint?   

    Mint Records and Documentation

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 10/11/2023 at 9:46 PM, RWB said:

    My best guess is 20 years, plus another 4 years at a secure NARA facility where materials are reviewed and cataloged before being sent to the public outlets. I understand from  NARA conversations that electronic records are a major pain both in volume and cataloging. There is a set of rules, but I have never bothered to check the details. A lot of the modern material I've personally seen has been heavily scrubbed before it ever leaves for NARA. Good examples are the various commemoratives where there is a lot of back and forth interaction between Mint staff, "stakeholders," artists, CCAC, CFA, and other. Much is verbal or from summaries, so we don't get the kind of "inside" material that we have from some 19th and 20th century coinage.

    Did you file a FOIA request?

    Roger-

    Yep, understood.  I get it. Yes, scrubbed or the documents are redacted!  I bet a lot of the information I'm looking for is in e-mail exchanges between the engravers and management...  Oh well.

    20 years?!?!?   I'll be dead by then!!

    Yes, I submitted a FOIA request almost two years ago.  It came back with negative results. 

    Thanks again for the feedback

    Mint Records and Documentation

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 7/31/2023 at 7:15 PM, RWB said:

    Nope. There has been nothing new added to the Mint archives. When that happens, I'll check, but the chances of finding anything useful to you and very slim.

    Okay, thanks Rodger.  Getting information on this is like pulling teeth!   I should submit another FOIA request!