--- title: U.S. Releases Commemorative Coin Ahead of Trump-Kim Summit description: A commemorative coin has been minted to mark a U.S.-North Korea summit planned next month even as the talks have been thrown into question canonical: https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/ author: Eli Meixler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-22T04:12:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:02.134Z article:section: Politics og:title: U.S. Mints Commemorative Coin for Trump-Kim Summit og:description: The coin's release awkwardly follows North Korea's threat to cancel the talks og:url: https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7f5cf892154df51/6989311c929fad9accbf0a1e/rts1rz1h1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3054 og:image:height: 1718 og:image:alt: FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. Mints Commemorative Coin for Trump-Kim Summit twitter:description: The coin's release awkwardly follows North Korea's threat to cancel the talks twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7f5cf892154df51/6989311c929fad9accbf0a1e/rts1rz1h1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The U.S. Has Made a Commemorative 'Peace Talks' Coin Ahead of the Trump-Kim Summit > Sponsored content. 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North Korea’s first vice foreign minister says the country has no interest in a summit with the United States if it’s going to be a “one-sided” affair where it’s pressured to give up its nukes._ by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler May 22, 2018 4:12 AM UTC  A combination photo shows President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Washignton, DC, U.S. May 17, 2018 and in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018 respectively. A combination photo shows President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Washignton, DC, U.S. May 17, 2018 and in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018 respectively. Kevin Lamarque and Korea Summit Press Pool/Reuters by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler May 22, 2018 4:12 AM UTC A [commemorative coin](https://www.yahoo.com/news/commemorative-coin-struck-trump-kim-summit-221130623.html) featuring President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been minted to mark a U.S.-North Korea summit next month, even as the meeting itself has been thrown into question. The coin, which was struck by the White House Communications Agency (WHCA), bears Trump and Kim’s profiles and opposing U.S. and North Korean flags under the heading “Peace Talks,” Agence France-Presse reports. The coin also describes Kim Jong Un as “Supreme Leader.” The opposite face depicts Air Force One flying over the White House and the presidential seal with the title “Visit of the President.” > [](https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/998619627700805633) The WHCA has minted dozens of souvenir coins as gifts to visiting foreign dignitaries and military veterans, and are for sale in the White House gift shop. Deputy White House spokesperson Raj Shah said in a statement that the administration “did not have any input into the design and manufacture of the coin,” according to AFP. But this coin’s release awkwardly followed North Korea’s threat last week to [cancel](http://time.com/5278763/north-korea-us-summit-nuclear-weapons/) the historic talks, scheduled for July 12 in Singapore, saying that the country had no interest in “one-sided” negotiations to force Pyongyang to relinquish its nuclear weapons. Trump sought to defuse those tensions last week, promising that Kim would [remain in power](http://time.com/5281903/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-summit-power/) should the talks go ahead. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/"},"headline":"The U.S. Has Made a Commemorative 'Peace Talks' Coin Ahead of the Trump-Kim Summit","datePublished":"2018-05-22T04:12:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:04:02.134Z","description":"The coin's release awkwardly follows North Korea's threat to cancel the talks","url":"https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/","keywords":["Foreign Policy","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7f5cf892154df51/6989311c929fad9accbf0a1e/rts1rz1h1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7f5cf892154df51/6989311c929fad9accbf0a1e/rts1rz1h1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un","caption":"FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque and Korea Summit Press Pool/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/foreign-policy/","name":"Foreign Policy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/","name":"The U.S. Has Made a Commemorative 'Peace Talks' Coin Ahead of the Trump-Kim Summit"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"North Korea Threatens to Cancel Kim-Trump Summit Over 'One Sided' Nuclear Demands","description":"North Korea’s first vice foreign minister says the country has no interest in a summit with the United States if it’s going to be a “one-sided” affair where it’s pressured to give up its nukes.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uzY0oxEz/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-05-16T06:01:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uzY0oxEz.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/","duration":"PT1M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5286511/us-north-korea-summit-coin/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```