Treasury authorities confirmed the minting of this new coin, which will commemorate the 250th anniversary of independence
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The United States Treasurer, Brandon Beach, confirmed the authenticity of a preliminary design for a commemorative one-dollar coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides, as part of the celebration of the country's 250th anniversary of independence, which will be celebrated in 2026.
Through a post on the social network X, Beach stated: "This is not fake news. These early sketches honoring the 250th birthday of the United States and @POTUS are real." He added that more details will be shared once the current federal government shutdown ends.
One side of the design shows Trump's face alongside the words "In God We Trust" and the dates 1776-2026. On the reverse, there is an image of the president making his characteristic raised fist gesture, referencing his recovery after surviving an assassination attempt the previous year, accompanied by the motto "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT."
El tesorero de los Estados Unidos confirmó el diseño y su posible acuñación
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt indicated that she is not sure whether Trump has seen the design, but she expressed confidence that he will like it. However, there are some legal challenges regarding the viability of this design.
Current legislation prohibits depicting living presidents on legal tender coins. Specifically, the series of one-dollar coins with former presidents establishes that they can't include the image of current presidents or living former presidents, nor of presidents who have died within two years of their death.
Meanwhile, the "2020 Circulating Commemorative Coin Redesign Act," which authorizes the coin program for the semiquincentennial, prohibits including portraits (full body or busts) of living persons, or of any person on the reverse of the selected coins.
Despite this, a Treasury Department spokesperson stated that the design has not yet been finalized and that this proposal represents the country's enduring spirit in the face of current challenges, also referencing Trump's leadership.
El diseño tendría una imagen del presidente en el frente y al reverso su icónica imagen de ''Fight, Fight, Fight''
Historically, Calvin Coolidge was the only sitting president whose image appeared on a U.S. coin, on a half-dollar commemorative piece for the 150th anniversary of independence in 1926. Since then, no coins have been issued with portraits of living presidents.
The most recent and popular commemorative coins include the bicentennial dollar featuring Eisenhower's image and the reverse with the Liberty Bell and the moon, issued between 1975 and 1976.
Special half-dollar coins were also produced with the Independence Hall building and quarter dollars with the iconic "drummer boy" design. The last large-size coin in circulation was the Eisenhower dollar, whose production ceased in 1978. Since then, dollar coins have been smaller and made with copper and nickel alloys, although limited editions in silver have also been produced.
Congresistas republicanos han presentado un proyecto para acuñar una moneda con la imagen de Charlie Kirk
It is still unclear whether the Trump coin design will use silver or an alloy, what size it will be, or whether it will be part of general circulation. No designs have been announced for commemorative fifty- or twenty-five-cent coins either.
Meanwhile, the Trump dollar proposal comes shortly after Republican congressmen Abe Hamadeh (Arizona) and August Pfluger (Texas) introduced legislation to mint a coin in honor of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. This would include the phrase "Well done, good and faithful servant" along with Kirk's name and image. According to the legislators, these coins would not involve any cost to taxpayers and the final design would require Trump's approval.
