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Treasury Releases Draft Trump $1 Coin Designs for 250th Anniversary

Treasury calls the images first drafts, with the final design pending required reviews during the shutdown.

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The Treasury Department is seen near sunset in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The Treasury Department projects that the federal government on Thursday will reach its legal borrowing capacity, an artificially imposed cap that lawmakers have increased roughly 80 times since the 1960s. Markets so far remain calm, as the government can temporarily rely on accounting tweaks to stay open. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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Trump's likeness may be on commemorative coins for America's 250th anniversary

Overview

  • Draft images show President Trump’s profile on one side and a raised‑fist scene with the inscription “Fight, Fight, Fight” on the other, echoing his July 2024 rally moment in Butler, Pennsylvania.
  • U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach posted the designs on X and said more details will follow after the government shutdown, while a Treasury spokesperson emphasized that no final design has been selected.
  • Reporters and legal analysts note longstanding rules against depicting living individuals on U.S. currency and a 2020 law that restricts portraits on the reverse of semiquincentennial coins, raising compliance questions.
  • The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 authorizes $1 coins in 2026 with designs emblematic of the semiquincentennial and requires consultation with the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts.
  • The commemorative $1 coin would be legal tender but is typically produced for collectors rather than general circulation, and the White House press secretary said she was not sure if the president had seen the draft.