<VV> Corvair 50th Anniversary Coins Sold Out

Rick Norris ricknorris at suddenlink.net
Wed Sep 23 16:20:51 EDT 2009


So Dave,
Thats the other side of the coin huh?
TLH


> Hi,
> I'm proud to announce that the CPF Corvair 50th Anniversary Corvair Coins 
> have been sold out since last week. Unfortunately, any additional coin 
> orders will have to be returned.
> I'm sorry if any of you wanted a coin but didn't quite get your order in, 
> but the coins have proven to be very popular. For those who ordered one, 
> your coin will be mailed and postmarked from Ypsilanti, Michigan next 
> Friday on October 2nd. That's exactly fifty years ago to the day since the 
> Corvair was introduced to the public and went on sale for the first time 
> at Chevy dealers everywhere.
> The coins are the 50th Anniversary commemorative issued by the Corvair 
> Preservation Foundation, and will be mailed from the Ypsilanti Automotive 
> Heritage Collection. That's where the CPF maintains its Corvair Museum. 
> Ypsi is also the home of Chevy's Willow Run assembly plant, where most 
> Corvairs were built and the rightful home of the Corvair.
> The US Postal Service will be postmarking the coin mailing boxes right at 
> the Museum, using a "Pictorial Postmark" specially designed by us for the 
> Corvair's 50th. Everyone is welcome to join us at the Museum on this 
> historic day. As part of this USPS service, you can bring in just about 
> anything you want canceled with the postmark that day, including Corvair 
> brochures, magazines, fliers or even simple plain pieces of paper. I think 
> the USPS draws the line at postmarking cars and body parts, though!
> Thanks again to everyone for your enthusiastic support of the 50th Coin 
> project. Those who own the coins will have a real treasure, which is 
> possibly the most important Corvair collectible issued since Chevy minted 
> their own coin for the Corvair's introduction in October 1959!
> Dave Newell
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