$1 Trump coin draft is 'real,' US Treasurer says

[orangecrush]

A portrait of President Donald Trump may be featured on a commemorative $1 coin issued by the United States Mint in honor of America’s 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 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.”

The draft images show Trump’s 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]

1. The Trump $1 coin,

actually worth the same as the Roosevelt dime was a half century ago.

[orangecrush]

2. Please wake me up

This has to be a nightmare.

[markodochartaigh]

5. Unfortunately it is the kind of nightmare

that a democracy gets when too many of the electorate are asleep for too long.

[Trueblue1968]

18. Kill him first

[MrWowWow]

3. Imagine a Stack of tr💩mp Coins On a Crap Table's NO Pass Line

-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]

7. Imagine a stack of Trump coins after people put their home metal engravers on them.

What would you write on them?

[underpants]

4. Now trading at $3

[Historic NY]

6. W T F

[BidenRocks]

8. Hell NO!

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]

11. I can only imagine

Its use will become mandatory, at least in all Federal facilities.

[COL Mustard]

9. What a load of crap

At least it’s only a dollar, so I won’t mind throwing away any that I might receive.

Of course the MAGATs will probably hoard them, so hopefully I’ll never even see it.

[usonian]

10. Bring it.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-coin-2674153247/

Several people pointed out that the 1866 Thayer amendment, passed by Republican Martin Russell Thayer, and subsequent laws prohibit living people from being depicted on American currency. So, for Trump to put himself on a coin, the law says he would have to die.

Draft.



Carbonized. He likes carbon.
En Español: Es un cabron.

[BidenRocks]

12. Works for me!

[Cha]

14. Yeah, We can Work with that..

🤞🤞

[Cha]

13. Oh, It's Still Fake Shit, Fucker.

[bluesbassman]

15. Brings a whole new meaning to "chump change".

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]

16. MaddowBlog-Treasury eyes a commemorative dollar coin for Trump, with plans for a 2026 rollout

It might sound like a weird joke, but there’s 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

It’s against this backdrop that NBC News reported:

The Treasury on Friday shared draft images of a $1 commemorative coin, featuring President Donald Trump’s visage, that the United States Mint is preparing in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Trump’s 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. Trump’s 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.

Let’s 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]

17. A Trump coin is bad enough,

BUT to commemorate our 250th birthday is really obscene. It is more like commemorating the death of democracy.