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US considers $1 Trump coin to mark 250th independence celebrations
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By Costas Pitas and Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury is considering making a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to commemorate 250 years since the declaration of American independence in 2026, it said on Friday.
Images of the potential design showed Trump holding a raised clenched fist on one side of the coin alongside the words “fight, fight, fight” – a reference to what he said immediately after surviving an assassination attempt last year.
The other side of the coin shows Trump in profile with the word “liberty” above him and “1776-2026” written below, according to images shared by Treasurer Brandon Beach on X.
The other side of the coin showed former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died in 1969 and became the first president to feature on a $1 coin in 1971.
Asked on Friday whether Trump had seen the draft coin design, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said, “I’m not sure if he’s seen it, but I’m sure he’ll love it.”(Reporting by Costas Pitas and Andrea Shalal, editing by Ross Colvin and Rosalba O’Brien)