The 250th anniversary of our great country is being celebrated in a pretty cool way: through the minting of new coins and bills. As reported by Yahoo!News, people across the US will expect to see his likeness in two key areas.
Unless you're a coin collector, the place you're likely to see anything Trump in your daily money is on the $100 bill. A video shared on social media shares exactly what that is set to look like, as sheets of the bills fly off the printing press.
New Look at Trump $1 Coin and $100 Bill, Fresh From the Mint: Face and Signature
The likeness of President Trump has been adorned on currency to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the USA - the $1 coin, and the $100 bill.
The bills are, well, mint condition. They're a beautiful blue hue, and feature the signature of President Trump directly on them in a subtle way. More specifically, it appears in the bottom left-hand side corner, just above the signature of the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent.
However, the more controversial part of the 250th anniversary celebrations for the Treasury is the commemorative $1 coin. The coin features the likeness of President Trump himself.
However, this was not the recommended design from the US Commission of Fine Arts. But it's the Treasury secretary who has the final say on the matter in this case.
Some People Say the Trump Coin is Illegal
Some people have suggested that the Trump commemorative coin is illegal. However, due to a law passed in 2020, the Treasury secretary has the authority to issue $1 coins "with designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial."
This is a line of thinking that Bessent agrees with. "As Treasury secretary, I only have two mandates," he explained. "The currency has to say 'In God We Trust' somewhere on it, and there cannot be an image of a living person."
He also drew on previous US government celebrations to justify the inclusion of Trump on the coin. "During the 150th [celebrations], there was a Calvin Coolidge coin, so we can put living people's images on a coin."
But, as reported by the Washington Post, the Coolidge coins were considered quite controversial at the time. They even ended up later being melted, according to the outlet.
It remains to be seen whether this will end up being the case for the 250th Trump coins.
