US EditionUS Treasury Considers Minting Special $1 Trump Coin for America’s 250th Anniversary Despite Claims It's Illegal
The proposed 2026 $1 coin commemorates America's 250th anniversary with Trump’s profile and a raised fist symbolizing his 2024 assassination attempt survival, amid legal debate.
- On Friday, Oct. 4, the U.S. Treasury unveiled preliminary designs for a proposed $1 coin featuring President Donald J. Trump, with U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach sharing draft images on X.
- Under the 2020 Act, Congress granted authority to issue redesigned $1 coins for 2026 under the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020.
- The draft obverse presents a profile portrait of President Donald J. Trump with inscriptions `LIBERTY`, `1776–2026`, and `IN GOD WE TRUST`, while the reverse shows a raised-fist image before an American flag with the `FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT` inscription.
- Legal experts note federal law prohibiting living portraits on U.S. currency creates hurdles, as approval would break precedent set by President Calvin Coolidge in 1926 and face U.S. Department of the Treasury review.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, `I'm not sure if he's seen it, but I'm sure he'll love it`, as the Treasury said a final $1 coin design has not yet been selected amid the government shutdown.
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As the 250th anniversary of the United States approaches, the Mint has revealed the sketches of a dollar to Donald Trump's effigy, the fist lifts.
Honoring Trump on coin for US's 250th birthday is legal: Hassett
The White House is on solid legal ground with plans to release a commemorative coin of President Donald Trump for the country’s 250th independence celebration, according to a senior Trump administration official. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett pushed back on Sunday against CNN host Jake Tapper’s suggestion that the Treasury Department’s development of a $1 coin could violate a century-old law. “It bears the image of the current…
The U.S. Treasury Department is considering creating a dollar coin with the image of President Donald Trump to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the country’s independence, authorities said on Friday. In a social media publication – which was retweeted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent – the head of the U.S. currency house, Brandon Beach, shared the first drafts. Beach published the first drafts of the design in X and added that it “hoped t…
The first sketches appeared.
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