US EditionArts Commission Considers Commemorative Gold Coin Featuring Trump for Nation’s 250th Birthday
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts unanimously approved Trump's 24-karat gold coin design for the 250th anniversary, enabling limited production despite ongoing size and denomination decisions.
- On Thursday, March 19, 2026, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved a design for a 24k gold commemorative coin featuring President Donald Trump, clearing the way for the U.S. Mint to begin production.
- The Treasury Department included the commemorative coin as part of the Semiquincentennial Coin Program for the 250th anniversary; officials defended the plan, stating it is "fitting to have a current sitting president" preside over the milestone year.
- Citing 1886 legislation mandating "only the portrait of a deceased individual" appear on currency, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee declined to review the proposal, arguing the move shatters longstanding norms against depicting living presidents.
- Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is leading a legislative push to codify the tradition of not featuring living presidents on coins, stating the administration's plan is "embarrassing" and contravenes foundational American values.
- Although the coin is designed as a collectible rather than legal tender, its physical specifications remain undecided; the project contrasts with the historical precedent of President Calvin Coolidge, the last living president featured on commemorative currency in 1926.
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Arts Panel Approves Gold Coin Featuring Trump’s Image
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on March 19 unanimously approved the final design for a commemorative 24-karat gold coin featuring an image of the president. The non-circulating coin, part of a series of coins the U.S. Mint is planning to produce to celebrate America’s 250th birthday this year, features President Donald Trump, clad in a suit and tie, leaning over a desk. It is based on a photo by White House photographer Daniel Torok, display…
The Federal Commission of Fine Arts has voted to approve a 24-carat commemorative gold coin depicting President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
A gold coin featuring U.S. President Donald Trump has been approved by a federal fine arts commission. The 24-karat gold coin is intended to mark America's 250th anniversary on July 4 and depicts Trump behind a desk. After a presentation by the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Fine Arts Commission voted unanimously to approve the design, despite questions about its legality. Federal law does not allow a living president to appear on U.S. currency. But the co…
PoliticsA commission occupied by Donald Trump has approved the minting of a commemorative coin with the counterfeit of the President-in-Office.The outcry on social media is huge.
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