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- The US Mint has begun selling a gold-toned $1 coin bearing President Donald Trump's portrait to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.
- This is the first time in nearly a century that a sitting president appears on a US coin, the last being Calvin Coolidge on a 1926 commemorative half-dollar.
- The release has sparked legal and traditional debate, since a federal law generally bars living persons' portraits on US currency, though that restriction applies to notes and not coins.
- The report notes the coin likely complies with the Circulating Collection Coin Redesign Act of 2020, which allowed semiquincentennial coin designs and barred portraits only on the coin's reverse.
What to watch next
- Whether legislation by Trump allies in Congress to create an exception to the portrait rule progresses, as the proposal is currently stalled.
- Any legal challenges or official rulings on whether the coin violates longstanding traditions or laws.
- Further Trump administration efforts to associate government properties and initiatives with the President.
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