The United States Mint submitted its 2022 Biennial Report to Congress in April 2023 as required by the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-302. The Act requires the Secretary to conduct research and development (R&D) on alternative metallic materials for all circulating coins and to provide a biennial report to Congress on the status of coin production costs, cost trends for such production, and possible new metallic material or technologies for the production of circulating coinage.
The full report as submitted to Congress is below.
- 2022 Biennial Report to the Congress as required by The Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-302) April 2023 (PDF, 20 pages)