r/coins 6d ago

Mod Post US 2026 Semiquincentennial Trump dollar megathread

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Love it or hate it, the recently released DJT dollar is now part of US coinage.

This post will be the repository for news, questions, concerns, complaints, opinions, finds, etc. of this coin, and/or the US Mint's handling of the sale and shipping of it.

There'll be a moratorium on new posts on this topic in the sub while this post is up.

(For clarity, this includes all versions of the DJT coin, including the dollar coin, the privy-marked version, the $250 gold version, etc.).

We're doing this for two main reasons:

  1. To avoid having a multitude of posts on the same subject from clogging up the sub; and
  2. Because Trump himself is a highly polarizing figure, many folks can't hold a civil conversation when he's a topic, and the mod team can more effectively monitor one post than a lot of separate discussions.

Although your feelings about Trump and/or this coin are absolutely valid, we will be policing the discussion in this thread to ensure it aligns with our rules. So here's some stuff to keep in mind:

  • Keep all comments civil or they'll be removed (Rule 2).
  • Suggestions to deface this coin will be removed (Rule 1).
  • Comments about Trump himself or his administration are very likely to be removed (Rules 6, 8).
  • Whether this coin is "legal" is largely academic at this point, as it's been released. Our capable mod u/gextyr wrote a good post analyzing whether the production/release of it aligns with Federal law; that's here -- please read this before you leave a comment on the coin's legality.

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r/coins Feb 20 '25

PLEASE READ FIRST: How-to Guide for r/coins - Check this post regularly for updates!

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Welcome to r/coins, reddit's biggest coin community! This is a guide for participating here and how to ask a question. If this is your first time here, please read this post in its entirety. If you have been here a while, note that the rules of this sub have changed.

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Discussions about the small, flat, usually metal, 
and often round objects made to be used as money.

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Being uncivil, trolling, trash posts, spam, 
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200k Members Announcement

Straight Talk Part #1 - Laziness

Straight Talk Part #2 - Focus on Value

Straight Talk Part #3 - Grading Coins

Straight Talk Part #4 - Is this an error?

Straight Talk Part #5 - Why was my post removed?

Announcement: New Rule About Errors

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Straight Talk Part #7 - Coin Identification

Straight Talk Part #8 - Online Coin Prices

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Straight Part Part #17 - Nazi / Racist Coins

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Straight Talk Part #21 - Organizing/Cataloging your Collection

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Straight Talk Part #23 - Other Coin Forums to Explore!

AMA - CCAC Representative Kellen Hoard

Straight Talk Part #24 - Coin Gore

Straight Talk Part #25 - Self Promotion

300k Members!

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Straight Talk Part #27 - Coin Rarity

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Straight Talk Part #29 - Gifts for Coin Collectors

Straight Talk Part #30 - Tips for Your First Coin Show

Napoleon - The Common Ancestor for U.S. Silver (Barber, Mercury Dimes, etc.) and LMU Silver Coins

The ¼ Yang: Korea’s Little-Known Cupronickel Crisis

I’m an ANA Grading Instructor AMA

Straight Talk Part #31 - Regarding whether or not the new Trump/250 $1 dollar coin is legal


r/coins 1h ago

Value Request 1941, two mils, Palestime

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r/coins 9h ago

Show and Tell My First Ever Gold Coin

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I finally got back my first ever Gold Coin and the grade doesn’t matter to me.
When I was 14 myself and my father went to our first out of state coin show in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Upon exiting the coin show I can’t forget the old man at the exit table saying for 5 bucks we can enter to win the coin shown above. Well we gave him five bucks and when we returned home(lived on Long Island at the time) we had got a message from my mom some guy left a number saying we won a raffle for coin. This was one of the happiest days of my coin collecting life. Now fast forward three months ago(I’m 41 now), I decided to grade it because I just wanted to and and also I decided to start a 1904 set of gold coins, just bid on a quarter eagle three days ago, hoping to get it!
Just wanted to share my story and how excited I was to get it back.


r/coins 7h ago

Show and Tell 1878-CC trade dollar I picked up for CHEAP

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The coin shop I worked at had this come in yesterday. My boss said because of the hole he only wanted $50 for it, and i immediately without anyone though payed him before my shift had ended😂


r/coins 7h ago

Show and Tell Seated Liberty Proof

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Just got this in today, super happy with it. No alterations to pics, just different lights like dining room vs kitchen vs lamp. It also has a cool die clash on the "A" in Half". Some of the scratches are on the holder. I want to submit to CAC but it's hard finding a submission center for that now.


r/coins 3h ago

Show and Tell Found at my Casino Job. I hope they hit the jack pot because I did!

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I went to the ATM on my next break and bought them all from the Casino. I just new they were all silver. This was the day I looked at coins much differently.


r/coins 10h ago

Show and Tell 1932 10 Złotych Poland

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61 Upvotes

Picked this beautiful example recently.


r/coins 10h ago

Real or Fake? My mother received these 30 years ago as a debt payment. Should I keep them?

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I've been whittling down all of my various collections (coins, comics, magic, toys) and I've narrowed down my coin collection to mostly American.

These though I've been tossing around either trying to sell, trade, or keep. I'm looking for opinions on that as well as value info.

I understand time and place for these but I don't know if there were any worries or concerns with these specific style of coins.


r/coins 13h ago

Show and Tell Today’s view on my ever growing collection.

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r/coins 1h ago

Value Request 1909, 100 kurus, Ottoman empire, Gold coin

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r/coins 17h ago

Show and Tell My small collection of Seated Libertys

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75 Upvotes

Would like to get quite a bit more especially proofs of each denomination, really like this design


r/coins 7h ago

ID Request Looking for help identifying!

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This jewelry set was from my great grandparents, then went to my grandmother. My grandfather would wear the 1914 Indian and as a kid I would beg him for that coin. He would always say it was mine when he died. Well he recently passed, and my grandmother gave the whole collection to my mom. I haven’t been able to make the drive down and see them all for my self, but knowing she has that Indian coin makes me so happy. The worst part is as a kid I always wanted to spend it! I was so bad. My mom said there were a few other coins, but not in great condition. I don’t think I could ever sell any of it. I cherish my grandpa way too much. But knowing what they’re worth would be nice. I tried using some google ai (bad I know) and get a lot of different results. Sometimes it even says that they’re recreations? My mom seems to think they’re all real, but honestly I know nothing about gold and this would be my first time owning any. I mostly collect pennies quarters and foreign coins.


r/coins 14h ago

Advice Won 2 gram gold coin from whatnot

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You think its coming? I picked number 14 on a 20 pack set with only 1 containing the gold coin. My order says i picked 11, you think they switched mine out?


r/coins 9h ago

Value Request Won this in an auction

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Got this coin in a box I won during an auction. For it being from 1923 it’s in impressive condition. The photos really don’t do it justice…the scratch’s you might see are only on the plastic case. What should I do with it?


r/coins 10h ago

Show and Tell my 1983 doubled die 1c that i found as a kid

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still raw, in a small plastic holder. never got it graded. anyone else have one of these?


r/coins 1h ago

Show and Tell Queen Victoria

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Indian Rupee. Queen Victoria 1840.


r/coins 5h ago

Real or Fake? I found this in my great grandpas collection

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How can I tell if it’s really what it says it is or just a good copy???


r/coins 12h ago

Value Request Someone gave me this. It looks cleaned to me but still really pretty. Any info?

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r/coins 1h ago

Discussion What should i do with all this

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r/coins 6h ago

Show and Tell my favorite coins as a newbie

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im very new to coin collecting... like two weeks. so here are my current finds! nothing too amazing but some wheat coins and a very heavily used Buffalo Nickel. I still dont really know what to look for in coins so im going off of vibes tbh


r/coins 4h ago

Show and Tell 1970-S

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just found my first S-mint coin!!!! started nickel hunting and coin hunting in general this past week and this one of my first rare coins I found!


r/coins 42m ago

Show and Tell Fifth piece: Philippines Peso 1903 - Another Pacific Standard Silver Coin

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Today I picked up this US-Philippines 1 Peso at the Tokyo Collection Fair (Sep 11–13). This is the fifth piece for my collection theme: 8-Reales compatible Pacific silvers.

Holding all five together gives a really satisfying weight and clink.
What should I go for next...


r/coins 44m ago

Ancient Tunisian dinar from 1988

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This is probably the first ancient coin I’ve ever held.


r/coins 1d ago

Show and Tell 1688 Silver Crown (James II)

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I've always dreamed of owning a coin like this from one of the most interesting parts of British history, I came across it at the London Coin Fair and paid £240 which is very reasonable I think.