US Mint will produce US$1 coin with Trump's image: Treasury Secretary

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Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST The US Mint will begin producing US$1 coins with President Donald Trump's face on the front as part of its commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday (Jul 15).

The design, which also features the words "Liberty", "In God We Trust" and "1776-2026" on the front and an image of the bald eagle from the presidential seal on the back was a revision from a draft made public in October. The rear face of that design showed Trump holding a raised clenched fist framed with the words "fight, fight, fight", a reference to the 2024 assassination attempt against him.Trump said he was "honoured" by the coin.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less "They gave me a coin," Trump said in an interview with Fox Business. "That's very unusual from what I understand."Critics have raised questions about the design's legality.

An 1866 US law mandates that no living person's portrait can be used on US currency, but that refers to paper money produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Coins are minted by the US Mint.Congress in 2020 passed a law allowing the Treasury Secretary to mint US$1 coins to mark the 250th anniversary, but that law forbade designs portraying a living person.

In an interview with Fox News that aired Tuesday, Bessent noted that in commemoration of the 150th US anniversary, then-President Calvin Coolidge was placed on a coin."So we can put living people's images on a coin," Bessent said.The coin is in production and is being minted in Philadelphia, the Treasury Department said in a statement.

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