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Treasury Unveils Draft Trump $1 Coin for America 250

A 2020 law authorizes a 2026 $1 coin for the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The Treasury Department on Friday released a "draft" of a $1 commemorative coin that it plans to mint next year.
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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U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House to attend his meme coin gala at the Trump National Golf Club, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Overview

  • U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach posted first-draft images on X showing a Trump profile on the obverse and a reverse with the president raising a fist beside the words “Fight, Fight, Fight.”
  • A Treasury spokesperson said no final design has been selected and described the released images as initial drafts, with further updates expected once the government shutdown ends.
  • The reverse imagery echoes Trump’s response after he was grazed by a bullet at a July 2024 rally, a photo widely circulated at the time.
  • Under the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, the Treasury may issue semiquincentennial $1 coins beginning January 1, 2026, and such coins would be legal tender.
  • If produced with Trump’s likeness, it would mark the first $1 coin depicting a living president, and officials have not determined whether the issue would target collectors or general circulation.