The U.S. Mint on Wednesday began selling $1 coins featuring President

What this entry found

ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS
cbsnews.com carried 3 details no other outlet reported.
- The coins are composed mostly of copper, with 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese and 2% nickel, with no actual gold used
- The presidential seal, depicting an eagle holding an olive branch and a bundle of arrows, appears on the reverse side with an inscription reading '250'
- The coins were first announced in July

Day name corrected

The summary below named a weekday that does not match its own date. The date is as written; only the day name was recomputed from it.

~~Wednesday (September 4, 2026~~ → Friday (September 4, 2026

4independent outlets

What happened, for context

The U.S. Mint on Wednesday began selling $1 coins featuring President Donald Trump's face. The coins are priced above face value ($61 per 25-coin roll, $154.50 per 100-coin bag) and designated as legal tender, despite federal law stating no living president may appear on U.S. currency.

3 of 4 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: nationalreview.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

africanews.comUNCLASSIFIED
axios.comINDEP
cbsnews.comINDEP
nationalreview.comPARTISAN

References

africanews.comUS Treasury issues $1 coin with Trump's face on itScreenshot as published Originalcaptured 2026-09-04T11:43:53
axios.comThe $1 Trump coins are here. Why spending them is legal but trickyScreenshot as published Originalcaptured 2026-09-04T11:43:53
cbsnews.comTrump $1 coins are now on sale. Here's how much they cost.Screenshot as published Originalcaptured 2026-09-04T11:43:53
nationalreview.comTrump’s Tacky CoinScreenshot as published Originalcaptured 2026-09-04T11:43:53

Carried by multiple outlets

The U.S. Mint began selling $1 Trump coins on Friday (September 4, 2026)africanews.com, axios.com, cbsnews.com
A 25-coin roll costs $61africanews.com, axios.com, cbsnews.com
A 100-coin bag costs $154.50africanews.com, axios.com, cbsnews.com
The coins feature Trump's face on one side with inscriptions including 'Liberty' and 'In God We Trust'africanews.com, cbsnews.com
The coins feature dates 1776-2026 marking 250 years of U.S. independenceafricanews.com, cbsnews.com
Federal law states no living president may appear on U.S. currencyafricanews.com, cbsnews.com
and 2 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

The coins are composed mostly of copper, with 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese and 2% nickel, with no actual gold usedonly cbsnews.com
The mark-up on the coins is 144 percent (for the 25-coin roll)only africanews.com
Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center for the Arts and demolished the East Wing of the White House to make room for a new ballroom among other moves to remake U.S. institutionsonly africanews.com
The U.S. Mint said the Trump coins are 'also in circulation' on Wednesdayonly africanews.com
The presidential seal, depicting an eagle holding an olive branch and a bundle of arrows, appears on the reverse side with an inscription reading '250'only cbsnews.com
The coins were first announced in Julyonly cbsnews.com

Reported unevenly

Composition material description: whether coins are 'gold-colored' or simply '$1 coins'stated by cbsnews.com describes them as 'gold-colored' · absent from africanews.com and axios.com do not specify the color or material prominently
Price per coin calculation: $61 for 25 coins equals $2.44 per coin; $154.50 for 100 coins equals $1.545 per coinstated by cbsnews.com states 'prices ranging from about $1.55 to $2.44 per coin' · absent from africanews.com states the mark-up is 144 percent but does not break down per-coin pricing; axios.com does not specify per-coin cost