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What’s gold, round and bears US President Donald Trump’s<\/a> image? A commemorative coin marking the United States’ 250th anniversary, of course.<\/p>\n

A Trump-appointed federal arts commission has approved the design of a 24-carat gold commemorative coin bearing his image, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

More coins in Trump’s likeness planned<\/h2>\n

The US Commission of Fine Arts, whose all six members were fired last October and replaced with hand-picked people by Trump, approved the design unanimously.<\/p>\n

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a> is now expected to order the coin to be minted.<\/p>\n

The coin will not circulate as currency, and likely be part of a limited collector series.<\/p>\n

Two other coins bearing the US president’s image are planned, including a $1 piece that would be in circulation and a one-ounce gold one.<\/p>\n

Only ‘monarchs and dictators put their faces on coins’<\/h2>\n

Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump has launched a series of efforts to leave his mark on US culture and history. He has renamed the Kennedy Center for the arts<\/a> in Washington after himself and approved the construction of a controversial ballroom at the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest move has drawn criticism from Democrats and some advisory officials.<\/p>\n

A separate bipartisan federal panel had refused to consider the gold coin proposal last month.<\/p>\n

Jeff Merkley, a Democratic senator, told \u200bReuters in a statement, that only “monarchs and dictators put their faces on coins, not leaders of a democracy.”<\/p>\n

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Construction begins on new White House ballroom<\/h2>\n

Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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What’s gold, round and bears US President Donald Trump’s<\/a> image? A commemorative coin marking the United States’ 250th anniversary, of course.<\/p>\n

A Trump-appointed federal arts commission has approved the design of a 24-carat gold commemorative coin bearing his image, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

More coins in Trump’s likeness planned<\/h2>\n

The US Commission of Fine Arts, whose all six members were fired last October and replaced with hand-picked people by Trump, approved the design unanimously.<\/p>\n

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a> is now expected to order the coin to be minted.<\/p>\n

The coin will not circulate as currency, and likely be part of a limited collector series.<\/p>\n

Two other coins bearing the US president’s image are planned, including a $1 piece that would be in circulation and a one-ounce gold one.<\/p>\n

Only ‘monarchs and dictators put their faces on coins’<\/h2>\n

Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump has launched a series of efforts to leave his mark on US culture and history. He has renamed the Kennedy Center for the arts<\/a> in Washington after himself and approved the construction of a controversial ballroom at the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest move has drawn criticism from Democrats and some advisory officials.<\/p>\n

A separate bipartisan federal panel had refused to consider the gold coin proposal last month.<\/p>\n

Jeff Merkley, a Democratic senator, told \u200bReuters in a statement, that only “monarchs and dictators put their faces on coins, not leaders of a democracy.”<\/p>\n

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Construction begins on new White House ballroom<\/h2>\n

Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What’s gold, round and bears US President Donald Trump’s<\/a> image? A commemorative coin marking the United States’ 250th anniversary, of course.<\/p>\n

A Trump-appointed federal arts commission has approved the design of a 24-carat gold commemorative coin bearing his image, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The US Commission of Fine Arts, whose all six members were fired last October and replaced with hand-picked people by Trump, approved the design unanimously.<\/p>\n

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a> is now expected to order the coin to be minted.<\/p>\n

The coin will not circulate as currency, and likely be part of a limited collector series.<\/p>\n

Two other coins bearing the US president’s image are planned, including a $1 piece that would be in circulation and a one-ounce gold one.<\/p>\n

Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump has launched a series of efforts to leave his mark on US culture and history. He has renamed the Kennedy Center for the arts<\/a> in Washington after himself and approved the construction of a controversial ballroom at the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest move has drawn criticism from Democrats and some advisory officials.<\/p>\n

A separate bipartisan federal panel had refused to consider the gold coin proposal last month.<\/p>\n

Jeff Merkley, a Democratic senator, told \u200bReuters in a statement, that only “monarchs and dictators put their faces on coins, not leaders of a democracy.”<\/p>\n

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Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko<\/em><\/p>\n

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