A North Korea, U.S. summit commemorative coin has been ridiculed on social media after it was reportedly rolled it out ahead of the June 12 peace talks in Singapore between the two countries, The Guardian reported.
The newspaper said coins are routinely designed for President Donald Trump's trips abroad. On the coin, a picture of Trump is facing a picture of Kim Jong Un, whose title is listed Supreme Leader.
The Guardian wrote that the word "peace talks" are in both English and Korean.
CNN's Jim Acosta posted on Twitter response from White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah.
"Since 2003, the White House Communications Agency members have ordered a limited number of commercially designed and manufactured souvenir travel coins for purchase," Shah said in the statement. "These coins are designed, manufactured, and made by an American coin manufacturer. These souvenir coins are only ordered after a trip has been publicly announced. The White House did not have any input into the design or manufacture of the coin."
New York magazine said that 250 of the coins have been made, even though there is a risk that the summit may not happen.
Last week, Kim threatened to cancel the talks if Washington continued to insist on the country's nuclear disarmament, CNN reported. North Korea said in a statement on its state-run Korea Central News Agency that the country would never accept economic assistance from the U.S. in exchange for unilaterally abandoning its nuclear program, CNN said.
Some have taken issue with the coin for its design with others calling it premature.
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