U.S. Mint Begins Selling Gold-Colored $1 Coin With Trump’s Face on It

The U.S. Mint has started selling commemorative $1 coins with President Trump’s image on them, meant to mark America’s 250th anniversary, which are being sold at a roughly 50 percent markup. On Wednesday, the U.S. Mint wrote on X, “Available for purchase today at 12PM ET: 2026 President Donald J. Trump $1 Coin. These coins are also in circulation, so check your pocket change. Collect them today!”The gold-colored coin includes the inscriptions “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “1776 ~ 2026,” with the 47th president’s face in the center. While the coins are gold colored, the Mint does not list any gold in their composition, instead saying that they are made up of zinc, manganese, nickel, and balance copper. According to the Mint’s website, a roll of 25 coins will be sold for $61, and a bag of 100 coins will cost $154.50. The coins were mocked online. The economics editor for the news outlet, the Bulwark, Catherine Rampell, wrote on X, “I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026.”A Democratic Congressman, Ted Lieu, wrote, “Trump and Republicans have mismanaged the American economy. Gas prices are up. Grocery prices are up. Utility prices are up. So what are [T]rump and Republicans focused on? See below.”A writer at Reason, Billy Binion, wrote, “Here’s your reminder that George Washington successfully opposed a congressional plan to put his face on a coin because he thought it was too king-like. Hard to think of a more perverse way to celebrate America’s 250th than with this tacky-ass Trump coin.”While the coins received criticism online, the Mint’s website directs visitors hoping to buy the coins to a “virtual waiting room” due to the “extraordinarily high traffic.” Some users reported wait times of up to an hour. The website tells visitors that they will have 10 minutes to make their purchase, and that “product availability is not guaranteed.”There have been questions about the legality of putting Mr. Trump’s likeness on currency as the U.S. Code states that “only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.”The American Numismatic Association notes that in 1926 a half dollar was issued to commemorate America’s 150th anniversary that featured the faces of George Washington and Calvin Coolidge, while the latter was in office, on the back. However, there are some exemptions, such as for commemorative coins. Treasury officials have defended the creation of the Trump coin, noting a 2020 law that allows for the development of “up to five different designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial.”There could be more currency with Trump’s likeness on it on the way. In May, the Treasury Department prepared a mock-up of a $250 bill with the president’s face on it.

U.S. Mint Begins Selling Gold-Colored $1 Coin With Trump’s Face on It

U.S. Mint Begins Selling Gold-Colored $1 Coin With Trump’s Face on It

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