Heads or tails? $1 coin with Trump's face and gold finish to go on sale
The U.S. Mint is releasing a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary. The coin has sparked debate due to federal laws typically prohibiting the depiction of living presidents on currency.
Why it matters
It highlights the intersection of political branding and federal administrative authority regarding U.S. currency design.
WASHINGTON — The $1 coin designed to celebrate America's 250th birthday and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish, will go on sale Wednesday, according the U.S. Mint.The coin's design — Trump's visage as "heads" and the Great Seal of the United States as "tails" — was given the stamp of approval this year by the Commission of Fine Arts, whose members Trump appointed. In past comments, the president said that the idea to stamp his face on a coin was "very unusual" but that he was "honored by it."The president's second term has come with several such brandings, or attempts at them that have become tangled up in lawsuits.
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