US Mint

Re-visiting the US Mint Direct Ship Coin Program

8 Comments / Credit Cards, Ethics, Hustler / By Slug / 2011-07-01 2011-07-22

UPDATE: The US Mint announced today (7/22/11) they are ending the program. Blame NPR. Many readers will recall I stopped participating in the gaming of the US Mint Direct Ship Program for credit card rewards on ethical grounds. Basically, I used to buy about $2k worth of $1 coins each month on my Schwab …

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Money Laundering for the US Government

3 Comments / Credit Cards, Hustler / By Slug / 2009-09-17 2011-05-11

Okay, my headline is a bit sensationalistic, but it’s not far from the truth in my latest profitable personal finance adventure. You see the US Mint has a problem. It wants to replace the paper version of the US dollar with the coin version because the paper version wears out much more quickly and increases …

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