US Mint Trump bronze medal - my imagination?
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Earlier this year I thought I remember seeing a bronze medal on the mint website for President Trump's 2nd term. I do not see anything there now, or have any luck with other searches for it. Was it my imagination? or does anyone recall seeing it?
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Did not see it and was not looking at medals on mint site, but I think it's way too early for a medal to be produced. It takes time to design, make dies, strike, etc.
Found this 2020 post from @BillJones about inaugural medals versus presidential medals.
Could you be remembering the official inaugural medal for Trump's second term from Medalcraft? Reference
They are mining the pyrite for these medals now.
I found two different answers:
The official Donald J. Trump bronze medal for his second term as President was released in early 2025 and is currently available from Medalcraft Mint, the company responsible for producing and marketing the medals for President Trump’s second inauguration. The Proof bronze version, measuring 2.75 inches in diameter, is available for public purchase, priced at $75 each as of March 2025. The medals were approved by President Trump and the inaugural committee, and the design features jugate profiles of Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. Sales began shortly after the January 20, 2025, inauguration, through outlets affiliated with the Medalcraft Mint and the inaugural committee.
As of October 2025, there is no official announcement or release from the U.S. Mint regarding a new Trump bronze medal specifically commemorating his second term as President. The current Donald J. Trump bronze presidential medals produced by the U.S. Mint commemorate his first term (2017-2021) and were released in two sizes, with design elements reflecting his initial inauguration and presidency. Any bronze medals currently available focus on this earlier period.
@HalfDime, please provide links. The political items dealers are asking huge prices for these pieces, which are not attractive. If it continues like this, I will pass. I have spent 5 figures for official inaugural medals. As of now the situation sucks.
This is the original article about them becoming available from Coinworld:
https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/bronze-and-silver-inaugural-medals-being-made-for-sale
I think what the mint sells is not an inaugural medal though, so they must still be designing one for the series they sell.
"The first Trump medal released by the U.S. Mint was the Donald J. Trump presidential medal, posted for sale on the Mint's website on November 25, 2020. The medals came in two sizes: 1.3125-inch and 3-inch bronze versions, with the obverse designed by Benjamin Sowards and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, featuring a portrait of Trump."
From this article is sounds like they might be posted next month like for the 1st term without any notice
https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/mint-releases-bronze-trump-presidential-medal-in-two-sizes.
Except those were posted at the end of his first term. So you may not see them till 2028/2029.
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Collectors are often confused by official inaugural medals and presidential mint medals.
The official inaugural medals are usually made by private firms. They are offered for sale during the inaugural period and have a limited mint which cuts off when the president enters office or before that time.
Presidential mint medals are produced by the Philadelphia Mint. They can be be made at any time by the mint, their mintage can be unlimited, although in recent years the mint has stopped making some medals after a certain period of time. "In the old days" the mint continued to make and offer these pieces on a open ended basis, but that ended in the 1980s.
Here are three examples of the Theodore Roosevelt medal.
This is the mint medal in silver. This is an odd ball piece because usally they were made in bronze. The story is when I bought this piece was that there were a fellow named Rice who supplied the silver and the mint made this special medal for him. It was probably to dumb buy at the time, but I do have a nice piece of silver. LOL. The bronze version of this was issued on an unlimited basis until the 1980s.
In 1905 Theordore Roosevelt had two official inaugural medals. The first one was made of Davisons who had made medals in the past. Some thought this piece was too modest. The mintage was something like 4,000
The second was designed by Augustus St. Gaudens. Adolph Weinman, who designed the Mercury Dime and Walking Liberty Half Dollar executed the molds for this piece. It was cast, not struck, by Tiffany. The mintage was limited to 125 pieces. As you might guess, these medals don't come cheap.
not sure what this is all about.
https://x.com/TreasurerBeach/status/1974156375891804229
is politico a babylon bee partner?
coins are 2 years after death. that's the law. are our chains being yanked?
Thanks to all for the feedback and info. I so remember seeing it. I must have a vivid imagination lol.
wow
cnbc just covered it, and it's real.
this isn't a first term presidential dollar. so i guess that's coming too?
That's specifically in regard to the presidential dollars. Commems aren't bound by that rule - Eunice Shriver on the Special Olympics dollar for instance.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/treasury-department-trump-dollar-coin-00593368?bcrFallback=bcrFallback