Permanent record
The U.S. Mint began selling a legal-tender dollar bearing Trump's portrait
- Event date
- Category
- Government and culture
- Posture:
- Official product release — legal questions reported; no merits ruling
The U.S. Mint offered rolls and bags of a semiquincentennial $1 coin with the sitting president's portrait on the obverse. AP reported that Trump-appointed members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the design and that federal restrictions on depicting living presidents prompted legal questions, while also noting statutory circumstances in which the Treasury secretary may authorize special coins. No cited court has ruled this coin unlawful.
- Conduct
- Self-aggrandizement
Dated sources
- — United States Mint (Official record)
- — Associated Press (Independent reporting)
Correction status
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Canonical citation
The U.S. Mint began selling a legal-tender dollar bearing Trump's portrait. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2026-09-02-trump-dollar-sale/
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