Commemorative $1 coins bearing President Donald Trump’s likeness will go on sale this fall — at a price well above face value.

The coins, issued to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary, will be available beginning September 2, according to the U.S. Mint.

“These special circulating dollar coins combine everyday American coinage with a once-in-a-generation anniversary design destined to become a standout addition to modern collections,” the Mint’s website states.

Minted in Philadelphia, the coins feature a portrait of Trump on the obverse side, alongside the inscriptions “In God We Trust,” “Liberty” and “1776 ~ 2026.” The reverse side includes the Presidential Seal, depicting an eagle holding a bundle of arrows and an olive branch.

They will be sold in rolls of 25 for $61, or $2.44 per coin. The Mint will also offer bags of 100 coins for $154.50, bringing the per-coin price to $1.55.

Although the pieces have not been released into circulation, they remain legal tender. Each weighs 8.1 grams and is composed of 6 percent zinc, 3.5 percent manganese, 2 percent nickel and the remainder copper.

A 24-karat gold coin featuring the Republican president’s likeness is also planned, according to an Aug. 12 Federal Register notice. But the Mint has not announced a price or release date for that coin.

In a legal filing obtained by Newsweek in May, a Mint official said that just 47 of the gold coins would be created, each containing roughly $90,000 worth of gold.

The administration’s plan to put the president’s likeness on U.S. currency, first unveiled in October, has drawn scrutiny over whether it is legal.

Title 31 of the U.S. Code states: “Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.” The Thayer Amendment, enacted in 1866, similarly bars living people from appearing on U.S. currency, according to ABC News.

But the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, which Trump signed into law in 2021, prohibits living people from appearing only “on the reverse of any coin” in the commemorative series.

No sitting president has appeared on a commemorative coin since 1926, when then-President Calvin Coolidge was featured on a half-dollar commemorating the 125th anniversary of U.S. independence.

Democrats have largely opposed the Trump administration’s effort and introduced legislation intended to block it — but that has proved unsuccessful.

“While monarchs put their faces on coins, America has never had and never will have a king,” Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto said in December.

The administration, however, has argued that the coins are appropriate for the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration — and that they fall within the bounds of the law.

“As we approach our 250th birthday, we are thrilled to prepare coins that represent the enduring spirit of our country and democracy, and there is no profile more emblematic for the front of such coins than that of our serving President, Donald J. Trump,” U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach said in March.

“As Treasury secretary, I only have two mandates: the currency has to say ‘In God We Trust’ somewhere on it and there cannot be an image of a living person,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last month. “During the 150th, there was a Calvin Coolidge coin, so we can put living people’s images on a coin.”

The Independent has contacted the U.S. Mint for comment.