On December 13, 2011, Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the minting of Presidential $1 Coins for circulation would be suspended. Future entries in the program, beginning with that of Chester A. Arthur, would be issued only for collectors.
Yes, they are made from the us government so they have to just like any other us dollar coin, I got mine from the bank and post offices when they first came out :)