On Friday, Oct. 3, the U.S. Treasury unveiled preliminary designs for a proposed $1 coin featuring President Donald J. Trump, part of a series planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026.
Draft renderings show a profile of Trump on the obverse with the inscriptions "LIBERTY," "1776–2026," and "IN GOD WE TRUST." The reverse features a raised clenched fist with the words "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT" — referencing the words he mouthed immediately after surviving an assassination attempt last year — set against a backdrop of the American flag, along with the standard inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."
U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed the authenticity of the designs.
"No fake news here. These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real," Beach said in his post on X. "Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States government is over.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reposted Beach’s message from his own X account.
No fake news here. These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real.
Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States government is over. https://t.co/c6HChM6ijG
— U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach (@TreasurerBeach) October 3, 2025
Legal background: 2020 Coin Redesign Act
During Trump’s first administration, Congress passed the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-330), which authorized the United States Mint to produce new designs on circulating coins from 2022 through 2030, including special designs for 2026 to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial.
Several circulating coin designs for 2026 have already been unveiled by the U.S. Mint and recommended to the Treasury Secretary after undergoing the standard review process. They include updated designs for the cent and nickel, along with unique versions of the dime, half dollar, and five semiquincentennial quarters themed to the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, Abolition, Suffrage, and Civil Rights. The designs were first presented by the Mint to the advisory panels that review U.S. coin and medal artwork — the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) and the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA).
Under the Act, the Treasury Secretary was also granted authority to issue one-year 2026 $1 coin designs emblematic of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
However, in keeping with tradition, the Act stipulates that coins must avoid "a head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead," and further prohibits "a portrait of a living person" from being included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z). Subsection (y) refers to the 250th anniversary coinage.
In a statement, a Treasury spokesperson said:
“While a final $1 dollar coin design has not yet been selected to commemorate the United States’ semiquincentennial, this first draft reflects well the enduring spirit of our country and democracy, even in the face of immense obstacles."
At the White House, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked whether Trump had seen the first draft designs.
"I’m not sure if he’s seen it, but I’m sure he’ll love it," Leavitt said.
Historical Exceptions
A longstanding policy prohibits depicting living individuals on U.S. coins. However, there have been exceptions. In 1926, a half dollar was issued for the nation’s 150th anniversary featuring President Calvin Coolidge. Another example is the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Silver Dollar, which portrayed Eunice Kennedy Shriver — the first U.S. coin to feature a living woman. Shriver founded the Special Olympics.
Broader 2026 Celebration Plans
In addition to releasing newly designed circulating coins in 2026, the U.S. Mint will issue five special "Best of the Mint" gold coin and silver medal sets as part of the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration. Three have already been revealed — the Mercury dime set, the Standing Liberty quarter set, and the Walking Liberty half dollar set. The Mint has far greater flexibility in producing gold coins and medals, while new circulating and silver coin designs require specific congressional authorization.
LBMA (London Gold Fix) thru Day 2 of 5,
(AM / PM)
Thursday – (3,877.5 / 3,878.1)
Friday – (3,860.7 / 3,885.7)
Monday –
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Current Pricing Grid Range: $3,750.00 – $3.799.99
2 Day average: $3,875.5
If any of you all foresee a Gov’t shut down resolution in place prior to this Thursday by midnight.., let me know please.., Ha! I’m just joking 😉
Gold is already at $3,968 an ounce and silver above $48 an ounce. Remember, trading isn’t only in the U.S. Markets are open internationally.
Thought I’d repost this… and then go fix some popcorn.., as this is about to become more entertaining and lively than any football game today, or tomorrow.., Peace Out! ………………… 25DSS2 – Ditto to Rick’s The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly.., sans the capsule, got a clean capsule, much to my relief.., COA is.., well, I like it, it’s in keeping with the theme, some thought when into it and it presents well, though mine was 1500 beyond where I wanted it to land (22 Aug order, no rhyme nor reason there), The Good – the Obverse is darn… Read more »
Yes, it’s a High Relief Popper ◉‿◉. Same here – all 3 Medals this year.
Super Medal #2 came in as #1 went back to Irving for a trade-in. Same story with the flashy OGP house of cards. Found the Medal inside the hidden dead-zone part of the bent packaging. I sent #2 to CAC along with an S-ASE and a W-Lib, fingers crossed.
The Comic Gold program is shaping up as Spouse 2.0 imo. They blew it with the first two designs for next year – GL & Robin, and I’ll leave it right there.
The spouses at least had the Bachelor liberties. DC coins are poor designs, S pops bit no short or tunic? Weird Batman as well….odd And agree with Rick the coming attractions,missed a big Pow, BAM, kaPow (AI changed to aka penny wtf]. Me my Superman arrived and I like it.
G0 DODGERS….
How many are familiar with the U.S. Mints waiting room? I thought so! Anyhow, did you know this about the “Waiting Room” that many of us have experienced over the years? Just when you thought the “early bird gets the worm”? “Once the sale begins, everyone gets shuffled into a random order and gradually let in. Show up after launch? Don’t worry—you’ll be added to the line in the order you arrive. TIP: Plan on arriving a little early to improve your chances of getting in quickly after launch.” Even though you may have entered the “Waiting Room” roughly 10… Read more »
I guess I’m not so familiar with the waiting room after all. Thanks for the info, Cali.
well, now I know why people who went to the Mint website 2 minutes before release of the Army privy ASE managed to complete their orders before me, even though I went to the Mint site 1/2 hour before launch.
Waiting room, no waiting room, freezes, dropped listing, CU hitting buy button* within 1 m, mispackaged stuff, damaged delivered items, so many ways for the USM to keep us away, the unwashed coin collecting masses. MEZAK, RCTV, etc., have a nice spot at the table, a plate of Big Macs from the Sec. o Food….. just try to get it, outthinking rarely works, cause the wizard has no Nrain.
See 0Z
I mentioned in a post on Saturday that I did not succeed at the Comic-Con waiting room. That being said it seems to be very order. They publish that it opens at 7:30AM PDT and sales begin at 9:00AM PDT. People joining later will be put at the back of the line. If you join any time between opening and beginning of sales you get randomized shortly after 9AM. Without the randomization everybody would be trying to join at 7:30 AM an cause the system to crash. It seems like the US Mint has a similar randomization process. However in… Read more »
On Topic: Will we see a companion Trump First Spouse gold issue released also? Off Topic: Will we see some of the 250th gold/silver released before the Comic Book gold Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman are shipped? Weird Science these days for sure…..
We’ll no doubt see the Trump coins before the Carters get theirs.
Yeah, these superhero coins are getting less super with every day that passes. It’s almost like I bought two Invisible Man coins with an Invisible Woman coin in the wings.
REB,
You have no choice but to buy these comic inspired coins to continue your impressive Au proof collection. The way I’d look at it is most of your collection has increased in value so much just this year, that I wouldn’t care what the comic coins do. In any event, they still contain a desirable amount of Au. I’m still buying Au coins, just not from the mint currently. Cheers
All true, Craig. The first time I paid more than two thousand dollars for a gold coin or set was the 2008 four-coin American Eagles set. The platinum sets had already exceeded that $2k threshold three times. My, how things have changed!
I see the Prez demanding HIS coin have him in the Superman cape, etc. can see now overstokes of unsold DC Au, restrict like the old 3D JFK half’s, with a 3D Don as Superman, amd of course the wives and Ex wives, amd concubines get a coin. Noel a dog shot to Ig US Thaler, I see it now. Then, A combo coin 2 head coin, Pence hanging and N Hale on reverse…. Time for another Superbeer
Crafting Supes –
https://youtu.be/ZbAszxClqC8?si=Tsul5jghmoXqv35E
The Donald coin is a must buy obviously, but isn’t it unusual to have a living person on a coin? With the exception of Nolan Ryan on the 1992 AG Dollar coin, there hasn’t been another living person depicted…has there?
I think in 1995 Eunice Kennedy was on a special Olympics coin and was the first living person to be depicted.
1921 T. E. Kirby, Alabama governor on the commem half…
1st living person in a US coin
Also Calvin Coolidge in 1926 on a half dollar for the 150th US celebration and Nancy Reagan in 2016 on her gold coin because the design was revealed before she passed.
The Coolidge coin does set some precedence for a Trump coin.
Another is the 1936 Arkansas half dollar commem with then living senator Joseph Robinson, who passed the following year (1937).
Carter Glass was living when placed on the 1936 Lynchburg, VA, half dollar commem. He held various political positions and was from Lynchburg. He was placed on the coin because there were no known portraits of John Lynch, the founder of the city. The history of this coin is worth reading. He was the first solitary living individual on a coin since the previous 2 had living and deceased persons together on the coin.
Magic Mike is always claiming that no living person has ever been placed on a US coin. I guess that’s another lie sprouting from his lips. Lol. Thanks for pointing out all those folks that were still alive placed on coinage. I’ve learned something new today!
Yeah, the Mister Mackey of tv coin sales should be a politician with all the Half truths and outright falsehoods that come out of his mouth. Listen to him, then listen to Mister Mackey on the South Park cartoon, Mm-Kay They sound almost identical.
Those dudes invent fork tailed devilspeak
i’m sure he couched it in some way to be correct (like, no living person on a circulating us coin – commemoratives are not circulating coins). no living identifiable person appears on us circulating coins (though, as we know, several women were models for various depictions of liberty in the past but they are not identifiable by name as being those women). the old 1866 law specifically applies to paper currency where the name of the person appears under the likeness, and not coins. there are other laws (including the one for the semiquincentennial) that say no living people can… Read more »
Also, Franklin D. Roosevelt was put on the 1936 One Peso commemorative coin for the Commonwealth of the Philippines while under U.S. sovereignty. It counts in my book!
This is another joke. Ha, ha, just kidding.
Anyone notice tightness of supply in ordering coin silver?
I noted upon shopping “junk” silver coinage from Gainesville Coin that they start any search with a warning that shipment may not take place for 8-10 weeks due to their competitive pricing and difficulty obtaining stock.
Also of note – the premium on said orders is a mere 1.5%! To my memory, the last time I could buy commercially at such low premiums, the market was at or very near a top.
To quote Colonel Klink, “ Interesting, verrrry interesting.”
Dave, my understanding is Gainesville coins always has the warning about shipments taking 10 weeks. A few years ago I bought one gold item from them once. Took forever to receive. I thought I was ripped off. Finally it arrived. Haven’t done business with them since. Silver is easy to come by at the other den of thieves out there. .
Years ago Gainesville Coins shipped quickly, I bought a Mint strapped ASE monster box and had it in hand 8 calendar days later……but that was 2008. After seeing their 8-10 week delay between paying and shipping I don’t order from them now. Retail silver for immediate delivery seems to getting more difficult to find at cheap premiums these days.
20+ year ago,Imgot,Pd and AGE from Hannes Tulving, I GOT LUCKY, they arrived. He kited alt and would,up,with a Federal Address thereafter….saving my junk,Ag….$3+ paidfor a dime wowie!,,
I guess there’s lots of coin silver to go around. I just checked my LCS and they are selling it at spot + ZERO!
Buyback is spot – $2.05
One thing that is not clear is if the proposed Trump dollar would be for circulation or a commemorative. Some of the reports since Friday on this story suggest the latter which would make more sense since dollar coins don’t circulate well and we stopped making them for circulation a while ago.
Franklin Mint ready to rumble,with a Trump trinket as well….. a lot of,subjects will be proposed by Prez and allies as well, Eric and Jr. quarters, Guilani Nickel, JD Vance couch commem, undoubtedly more…
“JD Vance couch commem”
LOL.
Maybe they’ll strike you up a TDS trinket token. Keep it in your pocket as a lucky charm.
it’s a dollar coin, so there is no real practical difference – ‘circulating’ dollar coins don’t actually circulate these days, plus they sure look like commemoratives. the only real difference is what it would be made of – commemoratives often are made of silver (because you can charge whatever the mint can get for them), while circulating coins have to cost well under a dollar to make so they use that weirdo cupro-nickel-manganese layering to get the gold-ish color while still working in vending machines alongside SBA. So, if it is ‘circulating’ I would expect it to be made just… Read more »
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I also think it will mostly likely be,
Donald Trump Commemorative Silver Dollar
Many people use their debit card, credit card or cell phone these days. I rarely use cash anymore. Coins and currency will eventually be a thing of the past. A Trump dollar is a boondoggle. Except for in the news, most people will never see one, much less use one. Another excellent use of taxpayers’ money.
I agree Antonio but coins and notes will go,away, but after we’re all,dead. I still get stuck behind old buddies writing checks at Kroger for $12.38….By 2100 maybe the kids now collecting and snapping up DC coins, ooops LuLu!ajoahnal or WTzf they are. Will Congress bend further ignoring Jimmy C, easy I guess too human for curre t crop of Congress. No doubt a Gisele Epstein coin too…. “Honest as Abe and George” Chopping down a cherry tree….
BIDDIES. Ugh Soellcheck, and doesn’t correct itself even… AI earache my eye
Lou, I know you’ll be all over that $1,000 .999999 MAGA MEGA Ounce’er in that Big & Beautiful Gold Box… 😉
Along with the Trump running shoes and Bible. The savings made eliminating the penny will be spent minting an unspendable Trump dollar.
But, the look back buck will be cool, reverse shows a pussy being petted…
Deep breath, deep breath…… think i may stop collecting coins in 2026…..or at least coins i never wanted in the first place.
You won’t be alone. Looking at Royal Canadian Mint coins, I feel the U.S. Mint is heading in the same direction. The Royal Mint as well. How may proof sets do they issue? I’m always confused by what the U.K. offers.
Well.., I’ll throw down and say what you’re thinking, that you just won’t say… 😉 Once they run this by the old man.., this one referenced above quickly becomes only one variant… By January 1st.., they’ll be a.., 1) $50 .9999 1/2 oz’er, with dynamic pricing, in a Big & Beautiful Gold Box, & Better yet, 2) $100 .99999 1 oz’er, with dynamic pricing, in a Bigger & More Beautiful Gold Box, And for Real Patriots.., Best yet, 3) A $1,000 .999999 Kilo (but because we’re the US (so go screw you, Europe)) – a MAGA MEGA Ounce’er, with dynamic,… Read more »
I think you’re right KCSO. I’d expect a Trump coin to be gold because he does everything in gold. That would also get the mint around the limitations on the 250th coins legislation. If they did a Trump coin in the manganese option, it would give his detractors the perfect opportunity to say his coin is fake gold. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out next year.
Better save up for that kilo coin – hahaha.
You HOLD your tongue Sir…, they’ll be NO Kilo..,
only THE MAGA MEGA Ouncer!
I can quickly see that 2026 is going to break the bank of KC&SO!
Guess I’m thankful now that the CCAC & CFA are picking crappy DC Comic designs.., well, 2 of 3..,
Sorry about the name KCSO. You’re correct. The Mega Maga needs to be 45.47 troy ounces – hahaha. That works out to 1414.276 grams. Bigger than a kilo!!! That’s gonna be in excess of $180,000. You better start getting your loan application processed now so you don’t miss out when you’re in the mint waiting room:).
I would insert laughing emojis, but they never seem to make it into the text.
I have a sneaky suspicion that I would be all alone in that waiting room.., though if it’s a Proof, well at least REB would have to join me.., Lol
Only silver and gold? Oh no! Platinum and palladium as well.
For the President to really use them they need to be…
Chocloate
CU Koch bros order in already
Gold opened in Sydney with a spike to $3,893
@ Cag – we going to $3,950 this week? (Prior to a USG budget resolution?)
I see $3,946.50 already. It may exceed $3,950 by COB October 6.
Silver $49.
It’s not midnight, October 5, where I live and gold is quickly approaching $3,950 and silver $49 an ounce. Think the suggestion of a Trump dollar spooked the market? Halloween is the end of the month afterall.
I hope even the MAGA diehards here are opposed to this idea. The article points out “However, in keeping with tradition, the Act stipulates that coins must avoid “a head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead,” and further prohibits “a portrait of a living person” from being included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z). Subsection (y) refers to the 250th anniversary coinage.” Why say you can’t do something in the act, if it can be safely ignored without any penalty? A big problem I noticed with… Read more »
I don’t think we should be putting any people on coins. The facts I presented were just the facts of what had happened in the past. There are so many natural and American things we could put on coinage that would be a million times better than dead (or live) Presidents. More natural sites, Animals like the Buffalo nickel and accomplishments of all Americans could be on coins instead of dead Presidents. We have lots of unique animals that could represent the US like alligators, salamanders, frogs, many types of fish, deer, elk, moose, many types of birds, wolves, foxes,… Read more »
Allow me to share a column, which I think is quite prescient, that appeared this evening. https://nypost.com/2025/10/12/opinion/give-me-liberty-america-doesnt-need-a-trump-coin-or-any-other-presidential-currency/