D minus 1, a colleague decided to get a retirement gift in early.
He recalled me lamenting years ago as I was going from Army career to Civ. It was AFTER the election but BEFORE the inauguration. Told him if I'd known that Carter's scrawl was going to show up on my certificate I'd have extended 6 months.
He was recently out to President Reagan's Library & Museum and today presented this to me (with a fresh plain cake donut to boot).
p.s. It has good volume and a substantial handle; there is no Dept of State flying pinkie finger drinking high-octane java from this mug. It's a man's cup. Gold Seal of the United States of America on the reverse.