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Currently, you can order either $250 or $500 in John Quincy Adams Dollar Coins from the US Mint at FACE VALUE, with FREE SHIPPING AND HANDLING and pay with any major credit card.

The purpose of this is to help promote circulation of these dollar coins as there is an unwillingness of many banks to provide them to business customers free of charge.

As a coin collector, I had a tough time writing the title for this thread. I didn't want to state the obvious benefit of this deal, but I know that it's the only reason why it would appeal the FW Finance Crowd. If someone really needs it to be said, someone else can explain it down below. Personally, I posted because I hope some of you actually spend some rather than taking them straight to the bank.


Note: You must choose standard shipping during the order process and the shipping charge will revert to $0.00 at the final confirmation screen before your order is submitted.

Thanks uutxx and workindev for fixing the link, I updated mine also.

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Deal is alive again.

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Update 08/11/2008

Deal is alive again

You can order up to $500 of each president. Currently there are four available.

Credit goes to CPLDBAKKE for pointing it out.

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Update 02/19/2009

Just read the Quicksummary, you guys are doing an awesome job of updating it. Not sure why all the newbies keep asking questions that are clearly answered there.

Keep up the good work.

Message edited by: gatzdon on 2009-02-19 07:55:02 CST

Quick Summary is created and edited by users like you... Add FAQ's, Links and other Relevant Information

Deal is probably dead...

Message edited by: sechs on 2010-01-15 15:12:12 CST
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For those who wish to ahem...abuse this offer, one can use a credit card and get an easy $500 charged to earn around $10 in rewards on something that any bank will give cash for. /obvious


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Maybe with the boost of a Fatwallet effect, this will be the first dollar coin to reach critical mass in circulation and usage


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what about insurance etc.
this is after all, money.


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Don't put it in Hot Deals because most won't understand it.

I'm surprised the US Mint didn't post this on FWF themselves. What a genius weigh to force banks to circulate them.

How much does $500 in Dollar Coins weigh? They are going to give me some strange looks when I deposit these.


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Note: these coins are made in China.


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Woohoo! I'm all up on this.

It looks like they ship via FedEx - and they'll reimburse you if it never arrives.

Orders are limited to two boxes ($500) per President.

Are there more Presidents available besides JQA?

Message edited by: bombcar on 2008-06-12 17:40:00 CDT
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dougneb said:......How much does $500 in Dollar Coins weigh? They are going to give me some strange looks when I deposit these.

$500 should weigh about 9 lbs with packaging (depending on how much protection they give the coins.

$500 should be pretty easy to spend. Most self serve checkouts and vending machines take them, also post office machines if they haven't taken yours out yet.

Other possibilities are
= Pay at the drive-thru window.
= Pay for gas.
= Use them for tips.
= Any small purchase.


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gatzdon said:Other possibilities are
= Pay at the drive-thru window.
= Pay for gas.
= Use them for tips.
= Any small purchase.

Come on man! That's what I use credit cards for! Thanks OP!

These are great to give kids for chores, tooth-fairy visits, etc.


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bombcar said:Woohoo! I'm all up on this.

It looks like they ship via FedEx - and they'll reimburse you if it never arrives.

Orders are limited to two boxes ($500) per President.

Are there more Presidents available besides JQA?


The US Mint does have it's quirks, but I've known people that have returned the same proof sets over and over and over (repeat to infinity) until they get their perfect PR-70 coins.

Don't know if the mint limits per credit card, address, name, etc... Since I don't want to risk getting blacklisted, I'm not interesting in verifying this empirically.

I personally hope they continue this for all future presidential releases.


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Anyone else getting a Shipping Methods: Standard Shipping: 1-2 weeks ($4.95) in the Billing Address screen?

On Order Summary:

Shows as-

Subtotal (w/o Shipping & Handling) $500.00

Shipping & Handling (includes any Gift Box charges) $0.00

Total Order $500.00

and below CC info shows:

Shipping Method Selected
Standard Shipping: 1-2 weeks ($4.95)

Message edited by: dougneb on 2008-06-12 17:51:41 CDT
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dougneb said:Anyone else getting a Shipping Methods: Standard Shipping: 1-2 weeks ($4.95) in the Billing Address screen?

The shipping charge reverts to zero dollars on the final confirmation screen.

You MUST choose standard shipping for it to revert to zero (per the instructions in the listing description).

Message edited by: gatzdon on 2008-06-12 17:51:53 CDT
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gatzdon said:dougneb said:Anyone else getting a Shipping Methods: Standard Shipping: 1-2 weeks ($4.95) in the Billing Address screen?

The shipping charge reverts to zero dollars on the final confirmation screen.

This is correct - the receipt shows a total charge of $500.

At 2% Cash Back, this gives me $10. And a bunch of coins.


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gatzdon said:Currently, you can order either $250 or $500 in John Quincy Adams Dollar Coins ...
Fixed link in OP


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Thanks again OP. In for 2. Now I have to figure out a story for wifey.


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iSeller said:For those who wish to ahem...abuse this offer, one can use a credit card and get an easy $500 charged to earn around $10 in rewards on something that any bank will give cash for. /obvious

You call that abuse? $500?? I've got a 5% Citi Cash returns card. Soon I'll have all the JQA dollars! I wonder if it will cost extra to mail them in to pay my credit card bill?


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gatzdon said:Currently, you can order either $250 or $500 in John Quincy Adams Dollar Coins from the US Mint at FACE VALUE, with FREE SHIPPING AND HANDLING and pay with any major credit card.

The purpose of this is to help promote circulation of these dollar coins as there is an unwillingness of many banks to provide them to business customers free of charge.

As a coin collector, I had a tough time writing the title for this thread. I didn't want to state the obvious benefit of this deal, but I know that it's the only reason why it would appeal the FW Finance Crowd. If someone really needs it to be said, someone else can explain it down below. Personally, I posted because I hope some of you actually spend some rather than taking them straight to the bank.


Note: You must choose standard shipping during the order process and the shipping charge will revert to $0.00 at the final confirmation screen before your order is submitted.

Thanks uutxx and workindev for fixing the link, I updated mine also.


I tried to order this, but they did want to charge for about $5 in shipping. Did I do something wrong or is the free shipping deal over?

Thanks, for taking the time to read this.


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Thanks, for taking the time to read this.

No problem. Now could you take the time to read the posts above, which have already answered your question more than once?


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in for 500. Anyone try 2 orders to same house with different cards?


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