Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals

The U.S. Treasury has drafted a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.

“No fake news here. These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real,” Treasurer Brandon Beach wrote in a post to X on Friday, Oct. 3. 

Beach was responding to a tweet featuring sketches of the coin. The obverse depicted a sketch of Trump’s profile. The reverse was based on a photo of Trump, 79, standing with his fist in the air after he was struck in the ear by a bullet in a July 2024 assassination attempt.

On the obverse, “1776 to 2026” is written under “In God We Trust,” referencing the 250th anniversary of the U.S.’ founding.

The words “fight, fight, fight” were written above his head on the reverse, which also adds “United States of America” and “E Pluribus Unum.”

“Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States government is over,” Beach, 64, concluded, referring to the current government shutdown — the first since Trump’s last presidency.

PEOPLE has reached out to the U.S. Treasury Department for comment.

In Trump’s first presidential term from 2017 to 2021, there were three shutdowns, including a 35-day closure spanning the end of 2018 into early 2019, the longest in U.S. history.

Beach did not expand on an exact production date for the coins past mentioning the shutdown. However, if they come to fruition, they would be the first to feature a living and sitting president.

It is illegal for a coin to be issued with “the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President,” per a law on currency designs.

The coin could be slated for a 2026 release, per NBC News. Under the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, Congress said the U.S. Treasury Department may “mint for issuance during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, $1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial” for America’s 250th anniversary.

However, that same law states, “No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of specified coins,” according to CNN.

Additionally, the outlet points to a possible workaround, because Trump’s portrait is featured on the front side of the coin, not the reverse.

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“While a final $1 dollar coin design has not yet been selected to commemorate the United States’ semiquincentennial, this first draft reflects well the enduring spirit of our country and democracy, even in the face of immense obstacles,” a Treasury spokesperson told CNN, adding that they “look forward to sharing more soon.”