This week, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, the United States Mint released the $1 Coin Cover for William McKinley.
The issue marks the 25th in the American Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series, and the first of four for this year. Forthcoming coin covers will include dollars featuring Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson.
This year the production level for each coin cover is 20,000, down from last year’s 22,000 per release. Each issued since 2007 has contained a circulating-quality Presidential dollar from the Denver Mint and one from the Philadelphia Mint. The dollars are unique in that they are first day production issues. In the case of the William McKinley Dollar Coin Cover, this is December 11, 2012 for the Philadelphia $1 and October 3, 2012 for the Denver $1.
Coin cover’s include the two coins, a portrait of the President honored, a U.S. stamp and a postmark date noting when the dollars entered circulation (before 2012) or when the coin cover was released (2012 to current). The back of the covers have information about the series, the coins and the President.
The 25th Presidential Dollar Coin Cover is available from the United States Mint online store at http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). The price is $19.95, the same as covers since 2011.
The American Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series was introduced in 2007 alongside the Presidential $1 Coin Program. The U.S. Mint continues to offer coin covers dating back to 2009. The following grid offers the latest sales and announced product limits for the series since its inception.
| Sales for American Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| $1 Coin Cover | Sales | Product Limits |
| 2007 George Washington | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 2007 John Adams | 48,490 | 50,000 |
| 2007 Thomas Jefferson | 49,036 | 50,000 |
| 2007 James Madison | 44,466 | 50,000 |
| 2008 James Monroe | 36,138 | 50,000 |
| 2008 John Quincy Adams | 31,492 | 50,000 |
| 2008 Andrew Jackson | 29,290 | 50,000 |
| 2008 Martin Van Buren | 25,476 | 50,000 |
| 2009 William Henry Harrison | 30,448 | 40,000 |
| 2009 John Tyler | 27,075 | 40,000 |
| 2009 James K. Polk | 25,350 | 40,000 |
| 2009 Zachary Taylor | 24,298 | 40,000 |
| 2010 Millard Fillmore | 23,099 | 32,000 |
| 2010 Franklin Pierce | 21,526 | 32,000 |
| 2010 James Buchanan | 20,273 | 32,000 |
| 2010 Abraham Lincoln | 35,301 | 37,000 |
| 2011 Andrew Johnson | 18,745 | 22,000 |
| 2011 Ulysses S. Grant | 19,033 | 22,000 |
| 2011 Rutherford B. Hayes | 16,902 | 22,000 |
| 2011 James Garfield | 16,153 | 22,000 |
| 2012 Chester A. Arthur | 16,029 | 22,000 |
| 2012 Grover Cleveland First Term | 14,542 | 22,000 |
| 2012 Benjamin Harrison | 13,718 | 22,000 |
| 2012 Grover Cleveland Second Term | 12,440 | 22,000 |
The sales figures are current as of March 18, 2013. For more information on the series, visit this site’s Presidential $1 Coin section.
