US Mint Direct Ship Program
The US Mint Direct Ship Program for the $1 coin was established to promote the use of the coin dollar. This program was established so people could have the dollar coin shipped to their home at no charge. The quantities that will be shipped can be either in $1000, $500, or $250 lots.
The type of coins available for this program is the Presidential $1 coins and the Native American $1 coins. From the time of the order, it will take 2 weeks for the coins to arrive. They will arrive in boxes containing 25 rolls of coins.
Because of abuse of the program, special restrictions have been placed on the purchase of the coins with credit cards. There were reports that individuals were making purchases of $10,000 of the $1 coins to receive bonus air miles and bonus points on their credit cards, and then depositing the coins in the bank when they arrived. To prevent this, the charges on the credit card will now be considered a cash advance and no bonus points or miles will be rewarded.
This program is to promote the use of the $1 coins and for them to be placed in circulation where the general public can use them. This is the reason the US government is paying for the postage. The hope is that the use of this coin in vending machines, retail transactions, and mass transit exchanges will become common and used by more people.
If you do not intend to place the coins in circulation, then you are discouraged from placing an order in the US Mint Direct Ship Program for the $1 coin. These coins are not intended for coin collecting purposes.
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