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Treasury Department shares draft of commemorative Trump coin for America 250 celebration

The U.S. Treasury plans a $1 coin featuring Trump’s image on both sides for the 250th anniversary, despite legal doubts about depicting living presidents on currency.

  • The U.S. Treasury Department plans to mint a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump for America's 250th anniversary, despite laws prohibiting living people on currency.
  • Concerns arise due to the Thayer amendment, which states that living people cannot be depicted on U.S. currency, requiring Trump to be deceased for this to occur.
  • U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed the plans for the coin, which aims to commemorate the national milestone, with further details pending the resolution of a government shutdown.
  • Critics, including law professor Anthony Michael Kreis, highlighted the potential legal issues and concerns about taxpayer dollars funding a Trump commemoration.
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The US Treasury prepares a coin with Trump's face and fist raised for the 250th anniversary of independence. But the legal and political controversy breaks out...

·Turin, Italy
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No living person is allowed to be portated on US collector coins at the back. But if you expand the image section, it is no longer a portrait: with this trick, the US Treasury apparently wants to make a Trump coin possible.

·Germany
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The US Treasury presented the project of a dollar bill to be launched in 2026, at the time of 250 years since the establishment of the United States, which was put on US President Donald Trump. The US Treasury article could launch a dollar coin with Donald Trump's chip, surprised by the public: "There is no fake news, it's real" appeared for the first time in Romania TV.

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By Kit Maher, CNN A portrait of President Donald Trump could appear on a $1 commemorative coin issued by the US Mint honoring America’s 250th birthday in 2026, according to early sketches of the images confirmed by the Treasury Department. “No Fake News here,” US Treasurer Brandon Beach posted on X in response to the coin images on X. “These early sketches honoring America’s 250th birthday and @POTUS are real. I look forward to sharing more soon…

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