Trump portrait on $1 coin launches from U.S. Mint, stirring legality questions

The U.S. Mint begins selling a $1 gold-colored coin featuring President Donald Trump—the first living person to appear on U.S. currency in more than a century—as part of a 250th-anniversary program. The coins go on sale Sept. 2 in bags and rolls, including a batch of 250,000 coins with a July 4 privy mark. The move has sparked questions about legality since U.S. law typically limits portraits on currency to the deceased, though the Treasury cites a 2020 law allowing the semiquincentennial coin for one year. Neither the coin nor a proposed 24K gold commemorative coin received review from the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. The coins are described as having a gold-like finish and do not contain precious metals.