You clearly missed the mess whereby people could order the coins online with
free postage, which was intended as a way to get the coins into circulation
by allowing people on the ground to obtain them, ...

A note on the Mint's web site says that they now charge a $12.50
service charge on orders of bulk dollar coins, and they don't accept
credit cards for them, so that trick doesn't work any more. If you
actually want dollar coins, it's now easier and cheaper to get them at
face value from your local bank. I got a nice roll of Garfields last
week.

And it had nothing to do with the particular coins being offered -- it
would have worked just as well with Statehood Quarters or Lewis &
Clark Nickels or any ordinary coins.

Sigh. If you'd ever actually looked at the Mint's web site, you'd
know that the bags of dollar coins are the only thing they sold there
at face value. You could (and can) buy a bag of 100 quarters, but not
for $25.

R's,
John