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A portrait of President Donald Trump may be featured on a commemorative $1 coin issued by the United States Mint in honor of Americas 250th birthday in 2026, according to first drafts of the images confirmed by the US Treasury.
No fake news here, US Treasurer Brandon Beach post on X in response to images of the coin on X. These first drafts honoring Americas 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real. Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States government is over.
The draft images show Trumps side profile on the front with Liberty at the top, In God we Trust on the bottom and the dates 1776 and 2026. On the reverse is the famous image of Trump raising his fist after the Bulter, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt, with the words FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at the top and an American flag billowing behind his head.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/business/trump-coin-treasurer-250-anniversary

markodochartaigh
(4,297 posts)actually worth the same as the Roosevelt dime was a half century ago.
orangecrush
(26,982 posts)This has to be a nightmare.
markodochartaigh
(4,297 posts)that a democracy gets when too many of the electorate are asleep for too long.
Trueblue1968
(18,838 posts)MrWowWow
(1,461 posts)-in Vegas.....or on ANY crap table anywhere! Crap Out Line Away....
Losers NEVER win and winners rarely lose!
-Bet now and avoid the rush!
TheBlackAdder
(29,757 posts)What would you write on them?
underpants
(193,439 posts)Historic NY
(39,347 posts)BidenRocks
(2,350 posts)Americans don't use dollar coins anyway.
Suzie Slugs and Sacajawea coins as change at the metro.
If given one, I would not accept it!
COL Mustard
(7,655 posts)Its use will become mandatory, at least in all Federal facilities.
COL Mustard
(7,655 posts)At least its only a dollar, so I wont mind throwing away any that I might receive.
Of course the MAGATs will probably hoard them, so hopefully Ill never even see it.
usonian
(21,339 posts)Draft.

Carbonized. He likes carbon.
En Español: Es un cabron.
BidenRocks
(2,350 posts)Cha
(314,924 posts)🤞🤞
Cha
(314,924 posts)
bluesbassman
(20,334 posts)As we all know, every thing this worthless conman touches dies, so if this fever dream comes to fruition I guessing the dollar is a goner.
LetMyPeopleVote
(171,106 posts)It might sound like a weird joke, but theres an actual plan to make a legal tender $1 coin next year that would glorify the incumbent president.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-dollar-coin-2026-rollout-rcna235974
The Treasury on Friday shared draft images of a $1 commemorative coin, featuring President Donald Trumps visage, that the United States Mint is preparing in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Trumps instantly recognizable profile is featured on the heads side of the coin. On the tails side, the coin will have an image of Trump with his first raised, standing in front of an American flag.
.....I should probably emphasize that this is not a joke. The report is not satire. This is not intended to make the administration look foolish for the sake of comedy......
Putting aside questions of propriety, how would this be legal? The answer is, it might not be. The New York Times reported:
The Treasury is authorized to mint the coins for a year, according to the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020. The coins must have designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial, the legislation says. It is not clear that Mr. Trumps image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy.
Lets also not overlook the fact that the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 also states, No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z).
I wish that this was satire.
PatSeg
(51,102 posts)BUT to commemorate our 250th birthday is really obscene. It is more like commemorating the death of democracy.