The US Mint began selling the 2026 President Donald J. Trump $1 coin at noon ET Wednesday. A roll of 25 costs $61. A bag of 100 costs $154.50.

Buyers chasing the rare version face long odds. The Mint hid 250,000 coins struck on Independence Day inside those same rolls and bags.

How to Buy the Trump $1 Coin or Hunt One in Change

Each coin is legal tender worth $1. So a $61 roll holds $25 you could actually spend, and a $154.50 bag holds $100. The rest is the collector price.

“People are waiting an hour to buy $100 for $154.5,” one user remarked.

The bag is the better deal, working out to $1.55 a coin while the roll costs $2.44 a coin, or about 58% more. Both prices sit above face value.

Still, the Mint charges the same $61 and $154.50 for its routine dollar releases. The premium is standard, not a Trump surcharge.

What changed is the size of the run. The Mint capped this one at 150,000 rolls and 50,000 bags. Its 2026 American Innovation dollar offered just 7,350 Philadelphia rolls, roughly 20 times fewer. That release carried no household cap. This one allows two of each.

A privy mark is a small extra symbol stamped into the die. This one reads July 4th. If both products sell out, 250,000 marked coins will spread across 8.75 million, or about 1 coin in 35.

Checking your change may not work yet. The Mint urged buyers to look in their pockets. However, its own campaign page gives a fall 2026 date for circulation. That page also sells the rolls and bags exclusively through the Mint.

Philadelphia started striking the coin in July. The Mint has published no production figures for it so far.

Why a Living President Can Appear on a Coin

One rule is narrower than most people assume. Federal law allows only a deceased person on US currency and securities. Coins sit outside that sentence.

A second rule does cover dollar coins. It bars any living president from the Presidential $1 Coin Program. Treasury went around it by using a different section of the code.

That authority comes from the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020. The law lets the Mint redesign dollar coins for the 250th anniversary. Trump signed it in January 2021.

Congress tried twice to shut the gap and failed. Representative Ritchie Torres filed the TRUMP Act in October 2025. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jeff Merkley followed with the Change Corruption Act in December.

“If you can’t appear on the U.S. dollar while you’re alive, you shouldn’t appear on any U.S. coins,” said Representative Sam Liccardo, a California Democrat who co-sponsored the bill.

The precedent is a century old. In 1926 the Mint paired sitting President Calvin Coolidge with George Washington on a half dollar. By its own account, no president had appeared on a coin while alive before. That coin marked the 150th anniversary of independence.

Eric Trump Shows Off the Patriot Passport

Elsewhere, Eric Trump posted a short video of a new US passport the same day. He has fronted other Trump branding reveals too. The inside page shows his father leaning over the Resolute Desk, set against the Declaration of Independence.

That book is the Patriot Passport. The State Department released 250,000 more in July after demand climbed. Applicants pay no extra fee.

Getting one takes effort. The department requires an in-person appointment at limited events. Honolulu hosted one on Wednesday. Seattle and Houston follow on September 12.

The launch also confused crypto traders again. Official Trump (TRUMP) is the Solana meme coin tied to the president. It changed hands near $2.21 on Wednesday, down 6.4% over the last 24 hours. The token hit the same mix-up in July when the White House promoted the metal coin.

Buyers of the metal coin now wait on the mail. None will know whether they hold a July 4 strike until the box arrives.

Source: BeInCrypto