That would be 2,000 boxes!

My bank is right next to my work, so it's well worth the trouble, especially since it applies to lifetime miles!

No, only six so far.

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.

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.

Be careful. Some banks are now charging customers who deposit coins, especially large amounts.

Any reputable ones? If they're rolled, they shouldn't charge even for pennies.

Just bought $500 of Quincy....
now to look for other presidents.

Seems a bit of work for 500 SPG points,
but, hey, that will buy a nice buffet breakfast next time !

...And reminds me of days when you could charge US Bonds to the AMEX !

Thanks much to the OP.

Sure, but how are they limiting this? Per person, per household, per credit card? If per person, then you can order 2 boxes per member of your household... if per household, you can send one order to your work address, perhaps. But yes, it could be a bit difficult to get too many boxes.

Er... whoops! :eek: I guess I misplaced a factor of 10 somewhere. Sorry!

Even if the bank were right next door to me, I don't think it'd really be worth my hassle... 2 boxes @ $500 * 1.5% = $7.50. While certainly every penny counts for me, as a starving graduate student, there's a limit to my free time. :) Maybe if I could get 3% or 5% out of it, I'd think it's more worthwhile, but since the Mint doesn't fall under any of the "special categories" for any of my credit cards, 1.5% is the best return I'd get. (I'm not counting any float from depositing the $500 into an interest-bearing account for the month grace period before I'd have to pay the CC bill... even at 4% APY, that float is worth only 0.33% = $1.67.)

That said, for those of you who want to do it... have at it. :)

In fact, I'm quite surprised we haven't heard from Marathon Man yet... ;)

Very Interesting
 

I just placed my order. A painless way to get miles. Thanks!

If you value points at 8-10 CPM (J/F fares) and have a good card earning 1.5, then this is 15% ROI which is quite good :) too bad I live in Canada!

:-: Those were the days! :-:

I still have the 2 $5,000 savings bonds that I purchased back in 2002/2003, the DL miles I earned having long been spent on a memorable AF Concorde trip.

I didn't plan to hold the bonds this long, but with the crash of the Internet and housing bubbles, those savings bonds (worth only about $12-13K now) weren't such a bad addition to my portfolio after all. :cool:

True, but I don't see a limit on the number of orders.

In for 2 boxes.

Anyone seing any other $1 coins avail for other than John Quincy Adams?
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If you go back to the product page and add more of the same item, you don't get the error message.

A scheme to exchange real currency for equally real currency in order to earn fake currency. Brilliant! :)

It's two boxes total per President, not two boxes per order.

Hmmm, tempting and I'll do one order, but is there a chance of getting "done" for money laundering?