03-19-2026, 10:23 PM
- Trump-appointed panel approves 24-karat-gold coin featuring his face -
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian :
- Federal law says living presidents can’t appear on currency, but commission approves design for US’s 250th birthday -
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian :
- Federal law says living presidents can’t appear on currency, but commission approves design for US’s 250th birthday -
Quote: A federal arts commission on Thursday approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing Donald Trump’s image to help celebrate the US’s 250th birthday on 4 July. The vote by the US Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president and were appointed by him earlier this year, was without objection. It clears the way for the US Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination are still under discussion.
Federal law says no living president can appear on US currency. But Megan Sullivan, the acting chief of the office of design management at the Mint, said the treasury secretary has authority to authorize the minting and issuance of certain coins. She presented the coin’s final design at the commission’s March meeting on Thursday and said Trump had approved it.
The front of the coin features an image of Trump in a suit and tie with a stern look on his face. His fists rest on top of what is supposed to be a desk as he leans forward. Lettering on the top half of the coin spells “Liberty” in a slight arc. Directly underneath that are the dates “1776” and “2026”. The words “In God We Trust” are at the bottom, with seven stars on one side of the coin and six stars on the other side. The reverse side depicts a bald eagle mid-flight with “United States of America” on the right side and “E Pluribus Unum” on the left side.
“I think the president likes big things,” said commissioner James McCrery II, who was the architect on Trump’s design proposal for a 90,000 sq ft (8,360 sq meter) ballroom addition to the White House. The fine arts commission approved that proposal at its February meeting. Harris told McCrery she agreed with him. She works in the White House as a special assistant to the president and deputy director of the Oval Office.
“I think the larger the better. The largest of that circulation, I think, would be his preference,” Harris said, speaking of Trump.
