The U.S. Mint began sales at noon Wednesday of $1 coins bearing President Trump’s face to honor America’s 250th anniversary.
Collectors can get a bag of 100 coins for $154.50, at roughly $1.55 a coin, or a roll of 25 coins for $61, at $2.44 a coin, according to a U.S. Mint release from last week announcing the sale.
While 250th anniversary coins were authorized under the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, the law states that “no head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of specified coins.”
Putting Mr. Trump’s face on the obverse side, or heads, is legal under the 2020 law.
As such, the coins have a golden appearance, with the president’s face, “Liberty,” “In God We Trust” and “1776-2026” on the front side.
On the flip side is the presidential seal, with the number 250 on the shield, per the U.S. Mint release.
In addition to the standard issue coins, 250,000 of them that were struck on July 4, 2026, include a “July 4th” privy mark. The July 4th coins will be available at random within the rolls and bags of $1 President Trump coins being sold.
While the coins appear golden, they don’t contain gold. Each coin is 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese and 2% nickel, with the remainder of the alloy made out of copper, according to the product page for the coins.
Mr. Trump is the second living president to appear on circulating U.S. currency. For America’s 150th anniversary in 1926, the U.S. Mint put out a half-dollar that included the faces of George Washington and then-President Calvin Coolidge.
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