The Treasury Department is considering a $1 coin for the US's 250th birthday, featuring President Donald Trump. Early drafts depict Trump on both sides, with one side showing him after an assassination attempt. While commemorative coins are legal tender, they aren't for general circulation. A 2021 law allows semiquincentennial coins, but federal statutes generally prohibit portraits of living individuals on coins, a tradition maintained to avoid the appearance of monarchy.

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