This is a tough call, because the government doesn’t deserve to have them in light of their being evil gold stealing corrupt bastards, and the people don’t deserve to have them, because their actions demonstrate that they have to be the stupidest specimens of humanity to walk the planet...
That said, back in the day it was pretty common practice to let issues “slip’ out to employees and friends in exchange for cash value before the issuance. The books balanced, and a few folks got to hold new types before everyone else.
The 1894-S Barber Dime could be construed to be like this, it wasn’t authorized to be issued from the SF Mint, but the director had the dies on hand and polished them to make 24 specimens for visiting bankers. He gave 3 of them to his daughter, one she spent on ice cream (and this is one of the surviving known specimens). 15 are floating around out there, probably in uncurculated/proof condition, and the last sale of one was for 1.8 million dollars IIRC...