Mint Rolls

Rolls sold directly by the US Mint will have a special wrapper-


A First Day of Issue roll would not be sold by the Mint itself. Those are rolls that were obtained at the release ceremonies and then given a USPS commemorative cancellation to mark the FDI date. I attended release ceremonies for the 2009 LP3 and 2010 Shield Cent in Springfield where I made some FDI rolls-

I bought the rolls at the ceremonies held at the Old State Capitol and the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and then got them stamped at a nearby Post Office the same day. According the the postal clerk, that cancellation was only allowed for use on coin rolls that day only. It is also worth noting that the USPS would not cancel any roll that did not have proper First Class postage so they made a killing in Lincoln stamp sales on those days

I brought my stamps with me from St Louis for fear of the Springfield Post Office running out of the Lincoln stamps. They had plenty of them for the LP3 but their supplies were more limited for the Shield release and they did indeed run out. Being the entrepreneur that I am, I sold my five extra sheets of Lincoln stamps for twice their face value

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