New 1776-2026 Dollar Coins shown in Fox News Interview... is this the first sighting of these?
I've known these were in the works, but this is the first time I've seen them actually being minted during an interview on Fox News this evening. Any other news out there on these?
In the interview, our Treasury Secretary also references the 1926 coin with the then-current President Coolidge as well. Here's a link to that interview and the coins can be seeing being minted at the 2:45 mark.
https://foxnews.com/video/6401074118112
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This is the Mint website with the SemiQ Dollar Coin design candidates:
Looks like they went with Obverse #2 and went with a totally different reverse design that looks like a near copy of the Kennedy Half reverse.
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Interesting news
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Gack!
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So this is in addition to the Sac but was not included in the mint sets...
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@CaptHenway said:
Gack!In base metal and less than a pound, he must be livid.
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Reverse #7 looks good
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Where/how do I obtain these, and in what formats are they being released? I do not see those coins on the Mint’s product release schedule.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
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Good luck spending these. Hard enough to get a $2 accepted. Understandably, Imagine people’s reactions when handed something that looks like a tv commemorative token.
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@Liquidated said:
Good luck spending these. Hard enough to get a $2 accepted. Understandably, Imagine people’s reactions when handed something that looks like a tv commemorative token.Are they being minted for circulation or for collectors only (or both)?
Also, I have spent thousands of $2 bills and have never had one not be accepted.
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@P0CKETCHANGE said:
@Liquidated said:
Good luck spending these. Hard enough to get a $2 accepted. Understandably, Imagine people’s reactions when handed something that looks like a tv commemorative token.Are they being minted for circulation or for collectors only (or both)?
Also, I have spent thousands of $2 bills and have never had one not be accepted.
Get you a bag of these coins and let us know how that works for you.
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@Liquidated said:
Get you a bag of these coins and let us know how that works for you.Are they available for purchase?
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
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Obviously my opinion only, but I have no idea why beautiful designs (SLQs, Mercs, etc) were more/less the norm 100 years ago, and now all we see is this dreck. It’s as if there’s zero artistic sensibility or talent at the mint these days.
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@illini420 said:
I've known these were in the works, but this is the first time I've seen them actually being minted during an interview on Fox News this evening. Any other news out there on these?In the interview, our Treasury Secretary also references the 1926 coin with the then-current President Coolidge as well. Here's a link to that interview and the coins can be seeing being minted at the 2:45 mark.
https://foxnews.com/video/6401074118112
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Try hard... I am surprised that they used a reverse design almost exactly the same as the Kennedy half dollar. If either design actually circulated this could be a problem, but it has been many years since I got a Half Dollar or a Dollar coin in change.
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@GuzziSport said:
Obviously my opinion only, but I have no idea why beautiful designs (SLQs, Mercs, etc) were more/less the norm 100 years ago, and now all we see is this dreck. It’s as if there’s zero artistic sensibility or talent at the mint these days.
Hopefully opinions are still allowed on this forum without flaming matches breaking out.Blame Teddy Roosevelt. His decision to put Lincoln on the cent opened the door to honoring politicians on our nation’s coinage.
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@Samets said:
So this is in addition to the Sac but was not included in the mint sets...So, how many circulating coins is the official 2026 Mint Set already missing (so far). There is the privy mark quarter and now this. Anything else?
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@P0CKETCHANGE said
Blame Teddy Roosevelt. His decision to put Lincoln on the cent opened the door to honoring politicians on our nation’s coinage.The subject of the portrait wasn’t actually the source of my negative artistic opinion, I actually find the original rendition of the Lincoln cent to be quite attractive (particularly the early proofs), and I hold a Lincoln (and TR) in the highest regard. I do agree that living presidents or any other living person should not be portrayed on circulating coinage.
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I will be surprised if the mint does not sell these in rolls off of the mint website.
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Oh boy. This is exciting. ( go ahead: laugh).
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Fans will love it, detractors will hate it. The average American will have no clue who is even pictured on the coin.
Tell the Wheel of Fortune crowd it's former host Pat Sajak and they'll gobble them up.
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Looks cheap and unispiring.
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I love the idea of new circulating coins, just inspiring stuff, like back when Standing Liberty and Walking Liberty things were circulating. I understand that they used better materials back then, but they also had more classical artistic quality.
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@Liquidated said:
Good luck spending these. Hard enough to get a $2 accepted. Understandably, Imagine people’s reactions when handed something that looks like a tv commemorative token.Spending them?
I haven't even gotten any of the new designs in change yet and it's halfway through July!
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At least they are not octagonal. I will have some fun with these.
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Are these intended to circulate - will they be distributed to banks?
If so, very odd to not include in the Mint Set.
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@Project Numismatics said:
Are these intended to circulate - will they be distributed to banks?If so, very odd to not include in the Mint Set.
They didn't put ikes in mint sets in 1971 or 1972, and they didn't put the S mint Susan B Anthony dollars in mint sets in 1979, so it's not out of character for them.
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I wonder if the pics are just test strikes? Can you imagine getting your hands on one if they didn't get released? Mythic rarity.
Personally pleased they weren't part of the mint set.
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@RandomSchmoe said:
Yikes. Now they're putting mug shots on coinage?That’s incorrect, RandomSchmoe. It appears to be derived from the 2016 first term inaugural portrait:
It was Trump’s second inaugural portrait (below) that was inspired by the mugshot, but that is not the rendition used for this coin, as is apparent when comparing the photo and rendering.
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It still looks a lot like the Trump mug shot photo.
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Will even Ecuador want these?
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@CaptHenway said:
@Samets said:
So this is in addition to the Sac but was not included in the mint sets...So, how many circulating coins is the official 2026 Mint Set already missing (so far). There is the privy mark quarter and now this. Anything else?
Innovation Dollars,...they don't circulate,...nor do the Kennedy half dollar and Sac dollar.
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@Alpha2814 said:
Will even Ecuador want these?They only use standard Sacagaweas.
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Don’t know what to say.
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I can see myself trying to spend one of these at the Dollar Store only to be told…
“Wait a minute… we can’t accept a coin that has a portrait of Pat Sajak!”
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I eagerly await the variety with the "EJC" privy mark, it'll cost you over $5 million.
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@BillJones said:
It still looks a lot like the Trump mug shot photo.In the way that a photo of someone’s face resembles another photo of their face, yes.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
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It is my thought these won't be worth anything more than face value. Kind of like Susan Bs. Some collectors must have one of everything. Then there will be the slabs. But there is enough of the US population who don't want to use coin dollars that buying this coin will be the dud in someone's collection. Flip side is, collect what you love and you won't be wrong.
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Very good in Airplane! Lloyd Bridges underrated comedy actor worthy of a commemorative coin.
Well done, Mint.
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I'm guessing there'll be a gold version...
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