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2026 $1 Trump Circulating Coins

https://www.usmint.gov/campaigns/donald-trump-coin

No release date yet, but looks like it's happening. Mint says they'll be released into circulation and available to purchase in rolls and bags. Looking like a Philadelphia only minting. Another Semiquincentennial instant sellout, I suppose...

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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,409 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My Wife will buy twenty thousand of them

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    1madman1madman Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Same exact planchets used for sac dollars (my favorite).

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    Alpha2814Alpha2814 Posts: 349 ✭✭✭✭

    Well, at least this thread isn't going to have run the entire weekend before it gets pulled like the others.

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    Cranium_Basher73Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,796 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't like where they put the 250 on the heraldic shield.

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,566 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very interesting: "will be released into circulation".

    I guess banks will be deluged with requests. We'll see if they arrange to set up a proper distribution channel.

    I wonder if there will be any edge-lettering errors. These have a smooth edge but there are lettered edge dollar coins being produced simultaneously.

    There is no indication that there will be any proof coins. The matte finish of the pictured example is nice but will presumably not exist on production coins.

    Also no word on mintage.

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    Project NumismaticsProject Numismatics Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Poor dollar coin has had quite a bad run post-1935. Why not continue with another ugly iteration.

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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2026 3:22PM

    So……..
    Maybe next step is to eliminate the paper one dollar bill. Empty the storage vaults and flood commerce with all those other goldibucks. Send them to people for income tax returns.

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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2026 3:25PM

    @RandomSchmoe said:
    Our first president was against putting his likeness on a coin because it was too evocative of a monarchy. How times have changed.

    The Austrian who started WW2 never put his picture on a coin either…..lots of stamps though

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,566 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alpha2814 said:
    "I guess banks will be deluged with requests."

    Requests from the Fed: "Please take these"
    Requests from the public: "Please give me something else"

    The general public doesn't usually ask for any dollar coins. The people asking for these at banks will specifically be looking for them.

    I doubt there will be any left over to fill Fed or bank vaults.

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    Alpha2814Alpha2814 Posts: 349 ✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    I doubt there will be any left over to fill Fed or bank vaults.

    The majority of responses in similar threads suggests otherwise.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,982 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cranium_Basher73 said:
    I don't like where they put the 250 on the heraldic shield.

    I would have made the numbers incused rather than raised, but nobody asked my opinion.

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    HoneyMarketHoneyMarket Posts: 992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Has there ever been any other threads here, on official US Mint releases, shut down because of how divisive this particular Mint issue is? Or would this be the first of its kind here on these forums of an official release not being allowed to be discussed?

    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,982 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HoneyMarket said:
    Has there ever been any other threads here, on official US Mint releases, shut down because of how divisive this particular Mint issue is? Or would this be the first of its kind here on these forums of an official release not being allowed to be discussed?

    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

    When the Twenty Cent Piece came out in 1875, there were so many angry telegrams to the Mint that Western Union shut down for a day and a half!

    o:)

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 3,480 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HoneyMarket said:
    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

    Why wouldn’t they?

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

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    skier07skier07 Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here we go again. I hope this doesn’t turn ugly.

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    Coins3675Coins3675 Posts: 1,092 ✭✭✭✭

    I think this design is interesting, but I don't know how popular these will be. It will either be really popular or a flop. No in-between.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2026 5:37PM

    @ambro51 said:

    @RandomSchmoe said:
    Our first president was against putting his likeness on a coin because it was too evocative of a monarchy. How times have changed.

    The Austrian who started WW2 never put his picture on a coin either…..lots of stamps though

    Seriously? Was that supposed to be subtle. I suggest editing it, for your own good, and then I'll remove the quote.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HoneyMarket said:
    Has there ever been any other threads here, on official US Mint releases, shut down because of how divisive this particular Mint issue is? Or would this be the first of its kind here on these forums of an official release not being allowed to be discussed?

    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

    Are you new? They shut down divisive threads almost weekly.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

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    Alpha2814Alpha2814 Posts: 349 ✭✭✭✭

    @skier07 said:
    Here we go again. I hope this doesn’t turn ugly.

    It's /that/ coin. It's already ugly.

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    ColonialcoinColonialcoin Posts: 902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Another waste of taxpayer money. None of these modern one dollar coins between SBA’s, Sacagawea’s, and Presidential circulate.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Colonialcoin said:
    Another waste of taxpayer money. None of these modern one dollar coins between SBA’s, Sacagawea’s, and Presidential circulate.

    If the BEP stops printing the dollar bill, the dollar coins will circulate.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ambro51 said:

    @RandomSchmoe said:
    Our first president was against putting his likeness on a coin because it was too evocative of a monarchy. How times have changed.

    The Austrian who started WW2 never put his picture on a coin either…..lots of stamps though

    The living US President Calvin Coolidge did put his portrait on a US legal tender coin in 1926 so there is a precedent.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HoneyMarket said:
    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

    Why wouldn't they grade it?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    @Cranium_Basher73 said:
    I don't like where they put the 250 on the heraldic shield.

    I would have made the numbers incused rather than raised, but nobody asked my opinion.

    Agree that incuse would be better. Actually, the 250 on the shield isn't really necessary since this coin has a dual date of "1776-2026".

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    illini420illini420 Posts: 11,576 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not only Coolidge for precedent.

    FDR was also on a U.S. coin while a sitting President (The Philippines were a territory, then commonwealth of the US). The 1936 US-Philippines Peso commemorative featuring Roosevelt and Quezon.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Colonialcoin said:
    Another waste of taxpayer money. None of these modern one dollar coins between SBA’s, Sacagawea’s, and Presidential circulate.

    Actually, they automatically make money on them as soon as they are monetized due to the seigniorage. If they made a couple trillion of them, they could balance the budget without them ever leaving the vault.

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    HoneyMarketHoneyMarket Posts: 992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @HoneyMarket said:
    Has there ever been any other threads here, on official US Mint releases, shut down because of how divisive this particular Mint issue is? Or would this be the first of its kind here on these forums of an official release not being allowed to be discussed?

    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

    Are you new? They shut down divisive threads almost weekly.

    I"m not referring to threads that get shut down because they turn ugly.

    I'm referring to ANY thread with THIS particular subject matter - threads such as this seem to automatically get shut down just because of the subject matter.

    I was curious if any other threads are automatically shut down, specifically related to the subject matter, especially considering this is going to be an official US Mint release of a coin with a, lets just say, divisive effigy who would be depicted on the currency being discussed.

    There are many effigies or portraits placed on coins that generate debate on the worthiness of the effigy or portrait of the person. But, they don't automatically get shut down like these particular subject threads do on what seems like a regular basis just because of the subject effigies name.

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    HoneyMarketHoneyMarket Posts: 992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @HoneyMarket said:
    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

    Why wouldn't they grade it?

    Well, as fast as threads like this subject get shut down, just for mention of a name...I only asked because I wondered, that if they are so quick to shutdown a thread just because of the subject matter of the person being discussed, would that equate to a business decision to not grade a coin with the subjects name on the coin??

    Just a random thought if the two would be connected? Or is one just simple banter online that generates intense debating and the other is strictly a business decision. Some businesses, even at the loss of potential revenue, will not engage with certain subjects.

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    HoneyMarketHoneyMarket Posts: 992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 3, 2026 4:13AM

    @jmlanzaf said:

    Seriously? Was that supposed to be subtle. I suggest editing it, for your own good, and then I'll remove the quote.

    Someone made a statement about a numismatic historical fact(s) - there's nothing really more to read subtly into that, unless you did.

    --- :o

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    HoneyMarketHoneyMarket Posts: 992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    o:)

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    OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,379 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's missing it's Privy Mark. Will there be a cereal, like Cheerios, that hides 250 coins, perhaps with enhanced hair? Which cereal would work for the promotion? GOLDEN GRAHAMS, LUCKY CHARMS, TRIX, SUGAR POPS, LIFE, or FROOT LOOPS?

    Or would a new cereal hit the market? (BITCOIN CRUNCH, GOLDEN ARCHES, MINI SHARPIES, SPECIAL T)

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HoneyMarket said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    Seriously? Was that supposed to be subtle. I suggest editing it, for your own good, and then I'll remove the quote.

    Someone made a statement about a numismatic historical fact(s) - there's nothing really more to read subtly into that, unless you did.

    --- :o

    Making a Hitler comparison? Who are you kidding? It has zero relationship to this issue at all. There's nothing "subtle" to be read into it.

    Please explain to me, because I'm slow, how the actions of a single foreign head of state tell us anything about this issue? And of all the foreign heads of state, why pick that one? Why not say, Justin Trudeau never appeared on a Canadian coin?

    We all KNOW why. And so do you.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 3, 2026 4:44AM

    .

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ambro51 said:

    @RandomSchmoe said:
    Our first president was against putting his likeness on a coin because it was too evocative of a monarchy. How times have changed.

    The Austrian who started WW2 never put his picture on a coin either…..lots of stamps though

    And he made a fortune by being paid a small royalty for each stamp on which his image appeared.

    All glory is fleeting.
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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 42,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 3, 2026 4:44AM

    @HoneyMarket said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @HoneyMarket said:
    Has there ever been any other threads here, on official US Mint releases, shut down because of how divisive this particular Mint issue is? Or would this be the first of its kind here on these forums of an official release not being allowed to be discussed?

    Would/will PCGS even grade this coin?

    Are you new? They shut down divisive threads almost weekly.

    I"m not referring to threads that get shut down because they turn ugly.

    I'm referring to ANY thread with THIS particular subject matter - threads such as this seem to automatically get shut down just because of the subject matter.

    I was curious if any other threads are automatically shut down, specifically related to the subject matter, especially considering this is going to be an official US Mint release of a coin with a, lets just say, divisive effigy who would be depicted on the currency being discussed.

    There are many effigies or portraits placed on coins that generate debate on the worthiness of the effigy or portrait of the person. But, they don't automatically get shut down like these particular subject threads do on what seems like a regular basis just because of the subject effigies name.

    Let me play your game.

    I don't see why this topic is at all divisive. You must be projecting or expressing defensiveness or guilt. We're just talking about a US coin. Why would there be anything divisive about it? It's just a historical fact.

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