Originally Posted by
HeHateY
Right now, there are only 8 Presidential $1 coins issued.
No, only six so far.
Originally Posted by
HeHateY
A president has to be no longer living to have the coin issued.
I believe it's a little more than that. IIRC, the president must have been dead for a period of time (two years?) before they'll release the coin.
Originally Posted by
HeHateY
it is possible that one or more of the currently living four may not live to 2016, but this still means only 86 boxes available at most in 2016
If more than one dies before 2014, the coins will run into 2017. They don't list a release date for Reagan just because they don't know if he'll be the Q3 release (if Carter survives) or the Q4 release (if he doesn't).
Since I'm a bit of a collector, this is nice just because sometimes the convenient banks don't seem to have the coins.