Plus it’s ridiculous for the Mint to have to send nearly every decision through Congress where the pols can grandstand and meddle. I was in the UK when the Royal Mint did studies on introducing a new 20p coin to fill the gap between 10p and 50p. They tried a bunch of different shapes and designs, even conducted usability studies, and made their decision without every member of Parliament having to chime in. The coin worked so well that within a week of its introduction people were using it regularly. Here, the Virginia delegation managed to paralyze Congress when the Mint simply tried to put a new design on the nickel. Foo.