"Draft designs feature Trump's profile on the front side, with the word "Liberty" and the dates 1776-2026, and a reverse side showing Trump with a raised fist in front of an American flag. The reverse side harkens to images captured of him after an assassination attempt on the political trail in Pennsylvania during his 2024 campaign. The motto "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT" appears above his image on the reverse side-a chant Trump mouthed to supporters right after the attack."
"But the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, which Trump signed in January 2021, 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 specified coins," which include the semiquincentennial series among others. This rule has appeared in similar statutes and reaches back to longstanding Treasury practice, though historians note an exception: Calvin Coolidge, who appeared on a commemorative half-dollar while still in office in 1926. Since then, the Mint and the Treasury Department have strictly avoided living subjects-until now."
The Treasury Department is considering a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump's likeness to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in 2026. Draft designs depict Trump's profile on the obverse with the word "Liberty" and dates 1776-2026, and a reverse showing Trump with a raised fist before an American flag. The reverse echoes images from an assassination attempt on the 2024 campaign trail and includes the motto "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT." U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach posted the sketches on X. The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 bars living-person portraits on specified coin reverses, though a 1926 Coolidge exception exists. Final design has not been selected.
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