The American treasurer Brandon Beach said Friday that the treasure is considering coining new dollar coins for the 250th anniversary of the nation with an image of President Donald Trump.
Beach replaced An X publication that presented a currency design draft that presented Trump’s face on one side and on the other a portrait that represents Trump pumping his fist in the air after his murder around 2014.
President Donald Trump, as Trump makes an advertisement on prescribed drugs at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on September 30, 2025
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The words “Fight, fight, fight”, which Trump shouted before the secret service took it from the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, are recorded around the upper part of the reverse of the proposed currency.
A treasure spokesman told ABC News that they will soon be shared.
“Despite the forced closure of our government on the radical left of our government, the facts are clear: under the historical leadership of President Donald J. Trump, our nation is entering its 250º Stronger anniversary, more prosperous and better than ever before, “said the spokesman.” While a final coin design of $ 1 dollars has not yet been selected to commemorate the semi -harmful of the United States, this first draft reflects well the lasting spirit of our country and democracy, even in immense obstacles. We hope to share sooner. “
The treasure could coin the currency due to a law signed by Trump at the end of its first mandate.
The Redesign Law of Current Collectible Coins of 2020 allows the department coins of $ 1 dollar of $ 1 “with emblematic designs of the semi -incénary of the United States” for a year from January 2026, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury.
There are several provisions that could prevent Trump from appearing in La Moneda, although it is not clear if it would be applied in the case of the commemorative currency of $ 1.
In this file without date, different types and sizes of US silver coins are shown. UU.
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“There is the Thayer amendment, approved in 1866 that prohibits people from appearing in governmental values. The Office of Engraving and Printing also quotes a statute, ‘by law, only the portrait of a deceased individual can appear in US currency and values (31 USC 5114 (b)). This applies to anyone living, so, by extension, any acting president “, Garrett Wilson, director of Policies Analysis of the Tax Foundation, said in an email.
“There is also a separate provision that prohibits former living or current presidents from appearing in the $ 1 currency, although I am not sure whether this is applied directly here or not,” he added.
Wilson said Congress could provide an exception as it did in 1926, when the then President Calvin Coolidge appeared in a medium dollar currency specially issued for the 150th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence.
It was the first time that a acting president appeared in a currency during his life, according to the US mint..
