My wife is gonna hit me over the head with 9 lbs of dollar coins when she finds out about this one......

Edited to add Thanks to the OP!!!!!!!

Product Name Quantity Price (each) Total Availability Gift Box Product Ship Date
Circulating $1 Coin Direct Ship Rolls - John Quincy Adams (Y01)
2 $250.00 $500.00 In Stock N
Subtotal (w/o Shipping & Handling) $500.00
Shipping & Handling (includes any Gift Box charges) $0.00
Total Order $500.00

So far, in for $1000. Same address, credit card, 500 for me, 500 for the wife. If they ship I'll try again. Thanks OP, and guess what, I'll even use some for highway tolls. I'd certainly consider using more, but I use so darn little cash.

flwsoldier said:Not to threadcrap or anything, but couldn't you also just use the same rewards credit card to purchase 2x $250 giftcards to places that you spend a lot of money at anyway (stores, gas stations, etc) in order to achieve the same effect?

I can see earning some interest on the coins when you deposit them.. but even at 5% that interest on $500 only comes to about $2 a month.

Your gift card idea, is different. There is no need to buy gift cards at places you shop, because you can just use your credit card directly at the place.

I don't even want to touch your statement about interest.

flwsoldier said:Not to threadcrap or anything, but couldn't you also just use the same rewards credit card to purchase 2x $250 giftcards to places that you spend a lot of money at anyway (stores, gas stations, etc) in order to achieve the same effect?

I can see earning some interest on the coins when you deposit them.. but even at 5% that interest on $500 only comes to about $2 a month.

Last time I checked, you're not locked down to any specific stores when you have coins/cash instead of giftcards. Thanks OP. I used this twice to satisfy $500 and $250 purchase requirements for my American Express Gold card and Citi Professional cards. That's $500, and $150 in signup bonuses taken care of.

EDIT: Damn, I'm the third stringer....

So is that mean we are trying to switch to coin instead of paper for $1? Guess $1 is not worth it to use paper bill anymore when the gas price is already $4 something and will be $5 very soon.

flwsoldier said:Not to threadcrap or anything, but couldn't you also just use the same rewards credit card to purchase 2x $250 giftcards to places that you spend a lot of money at anyway (stores, gas stations, etc) in order to achieve the same effect?

I can see earning some interest on the coins when you deposit them.. but even at 5% that interest on $500 only comes to about $2 a month.

I guess you forgot about the credit card grace period. If they ship you the coin quick enough, you can deposit the $500 coins before you actually pay the credit card bill. Which means you can use the $500 coins and pay your credit card bill and don't have to spend any money in your bank. In the mean time, you can whatever Cash Back for your credit card.

WalStMonky said:but couldn't you also just use the same rewards credit card to purchase 2x $250 giftcards

Will my bank take the gift cards as a deposit, allowing me to pay my credit card bill and pocket the $50 I just made? This is cold hard cash for sale at par. Not even close to a GC equivalent. I'm having US Savings bonds flashbacks...

Better. You couldn't cash savings bonds for a year, right?

gatzdon said:I posted because I hope some of you actually spend some rather than taking them straight to the bank.

Well, one effect of your post is to introduce people to the U.S. Mint site, where we are likely to find items of interest to us in addition to these coins, which is in line with what you want to achieve. Probably almost everybody here will spend at least a few; I will just out of gratitude to you even though I have not spent any currency this year except one time when I bought some lottery tickets.

Thanks, OP...might be a good way to use a 0% purchase card...I have the WAMU card that I am working to get to 4000 in purchases to get the higher EDP amounts...I have a few cc's that go to my work address but I think I would get beat on if I sent a 10 lb box of change

Getting two boxes ... hoping this purchase won't be treated as cash advance ...
Awesome find OP!