Overview

• U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach posted authenticated preliminary sketches of a semiquincentennial $1 coin featuring President Trump, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent resharing the images.
• The obverse draft shows Trump in profile with “Liberty,” “In God We Trust,” and the dates 1776–2026, while the reverse portrays him raising a fist with “Fight Fight Fight” over a U.S. flag.
• Treasury said no final design has been selected and indicated further details will follow after the federal funding pause is resolved.
• Legal experts point to Public Law 116-330 and other statutes that bar bust-style imagery and living-person portraits on certain coin faces, leaving the current drafts under legal scrutiny.
• The White House press secretary said she did not know if Trump had seen the sketches but was sure he would like them, as reports note the reverse scene references the July 2024 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.