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America’s 250th birthday: Is US getting a $1 Trump coin? Here’s what Treasury said

America's 250th birthday: Is US getting a $1 Trump coin? Here's what Treasury said

The US Treasury is considering a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to mark the country’s 250th anniversary, a Treasury spokesperson said on Friday. In a post on X, Treasurer Brandon Beach shared a coin draft and said that the first drafts, photos shared by a user on X, honor America’s 250th Birthday. “No fake news here. These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real. Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States government is over,” Beach said. The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the US Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin. The opposite side depicts Trump with a clenched fist in front of an American flag alongside the words “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT.” “Despite the radical left’s forced shutdown of our government, the facts are clear: Under the historic leadership of President Donald J. Trump, our nation is entering its 250th anniversary stronger, more prosperous, and better than ever before,” a Treasury Department spokesperson said in a statement. “While a final $1 dollar coin design has not yet been selected to commemorate the United States’ semiquincentennial, this first draft reflects well the enduring spirit of our country and democracy, even in the face of immense obstacles.” In 2020, Congress passed bipartisan legislation, signed by Trump during his first term, that authorises the Treasury Secretary to issue one-dollar coins during the 2026 calendar year. The design of those coins must be “emblematic of the United States semiquincentennial.” Beach, who supervises the US Mint, said in a post on X Friday that the administration would share “more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States govt is over.” Living people are rarely featured on US money. Congress has imposed various restrictions on the ability of Treasury to feature living people and living presidents on currency. It’s not clear whether the latest Trump coin envisioned by the Treasury Department would run afoul of those laws.

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