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Trump $1 Coins Sell Out

The U.S. Mint's gold-colored Trump $1 coins sold out hours after going on sale.

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Updated Sep 2, 7:16pm ET

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The U.S. Mint began selling and circulating $1 coins featuring President Donald Trump at noon ET Wednesday, and the products were listed as out of stock within hours. The gold-colored semiquincentennial coins mark America’s 250th anniversary and carry Trump’s portrait with “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “1776 ~ 2026” on one side, with the presidential seal and “250” on the other. The Mint sold 25-coin rolls for $61 and 100-coin bags for $154.50, above the coins’ $1 legal-tender face value.

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The Trump $1 coin is an exercise in self-promotion that uses legal tender to glorify Trump personally. It turns a commemorative coin into a vanity project, inviting criticism and ridicule rather than serving a legitimate public purpose.

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