Mint Offers Two New First-Day Commemorative Covers

The U.S. Mint has announced that two commemorative coin covers are now available, marking the debut of the Golden Dollar and the Massachusetts Statehood Quarter.

The Mint’s Monthly newsletter, U.S. Mint Coins Online, had this to say about the new issues in its March edition:

• OFFICIAL GOLDEN DOLLAR FIRST DAY COMMEMORATIVE COIN COVERS AVAILABLE!

  The United States Mint has begun selling the Golden Dollar First Day Commemorative Coin Cover. This limited edition cover - only 200,000 will be produced - features a Golden Dollar struck on the first day of mintage - November 18,1999. Each cover includes a Golden Dollar from the Philadelphia Mint on a handsome display card portraying Merriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea and her infant son Jean Baptiste "Pomp," with the 33-cent Flag-Over-City postage stamp. The postmark of January 1, 2000, Saint Louis, Missouri, marks the day the Golden Dollars were first released to the public.

• GET YOUR OFFICIAL MASSACHUSETTS FIRST DAY COMMEMORATIVE COIN COVER!

  Get your Massachusetts First Day Commemorative Coin Cover. This limited edition cover - only 75,000 will be produced - features two Massachusetts quarters from the first day of mintage - December 20,1999. Each cover includes quarters from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints on a handsome display card with the 33-cent Flag-Over-City postage stamp. The postmark of January 3, 2000, Boston, Massachusetts, marks the day the Massachusetts quarters were first released to the Federal Reserve Bank and to the public.

Information on ordering the covers can be found at the Mint’s website at www.usmint.gov.

Golden dollar cover