Gold-colored $1 coins bearing the face of U.S. President Donald Trump have gone on sale. Made to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, the coins look gold but contain no actual gold.
The U.S. Mint began selling the coins at noon on the 2nd (Eastern time). The price is $61 for a roll of 25, or $2.44 each (about 3,300 won), and $154.50 for a bag of 100, or $1.55 each (about 2,100 won).
The obverse features the face of President Trump. Around it are the word meaning freedom, "LIBERTY," the phrase "In God We Trust," and the numbers "1776–2026" indicating the founding years of the United States.
The reverse bears the U.S. presidential seal featuring a bald eagle holding an olive branch and a bundle of arrows, along with the number "250" signifying the 250th anniversary of the founding.
U.S. federal law, in principle, prohibits placing the likeness of a living person on a $1 coin. However, the commemorative coin issuance act for the 250th anniversary of the founding, passed in 2020 during the first Trump administration, applied the portrait restriction only to the reverse, opening the way to place the face of a living person on the obverse.
While these coins are primarily for collectors, they can also be used as legal tender. The composition is an alloy of copper mixed with 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese, and 2% nickel; they appear gold but contain no actual gold.
The U.S. Mint stressed on its website that it "will stand out as a centerpiece in modern coin collections." Ahead of the sales launch, access to the Mint's website was unstable for a time.
President Trump is not the first sitting president to have a face on a coin while living. A 50-cent coin made to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding in 1926 bore the faces of then-President Calvin Coolidge and first President George Washington together.