The US Mint will start producing US$1 cash with President Donald Trump’s face on the entrance as a part of its commemoration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mentioned on Wednesday (Jul 15).
The design, which additionally options the phrases “Liberty”, “In God We Belief” and “1776-2026” on the entrance and a picture of the bald eagle from the presidential seal on the again was a revision from a draft made public in October.
The rear face of that design confirmed Trump holding a raised clenched fist framed with the phrases “combat, combat, combat”, a reference to the 2024 assassination try towards him.
Trump mentioned he was “honoured” by the coin.
“They gave me a coin,” Trump mentioned in an interview with Fox Enterprise. “That is very uncommon from what I perceive.”
Critics have raised questions concerning the design’s legality.
An 1866 US legislation mandates that no dwelling particular person’s portrait can be utilized on US forex, however that refers to paper cash produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Cash are minted by the US Mint.
Congress in 2020 handed a legislation permitting the Treasury Secretary to mint US$1 cash to mark the 250th anniversary, however that legislation forbade designs portraying a dwelling particular person.
In an interview with Fox Information that aired Tuesday, Bessent famous that in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth US anniversary, then-President Calvin Coolidge was positioned on a coin.
“So we will put dwelling folks’s pictures on a coin,” Bessent mentioned.
The coin is in manufacturing and is being minted in Philadelphia, the Treasury Division mentioned in a press release.
