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via Fox Business. website: Quote:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Wednesday that the U.S. Mint will begin striking a new $1 gold coin featuring President Donald Trump to mark America's 250th anniversary.
Bessent said in an X post that the coin will honor "the enduring legacy of liberty" and serve as a "lasting symbol of patriotism."
"Featuring President Trump, it celebrates the strength of American values, and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all," Bessent wrote.
Bessent also shared an image of the coin, which shows Trump's portrait on one side. The word "LIBERTY" appears along the top edge, with "1776 ~ 2026" along the bottom and "IN GOD WE TRUST" on the right side.
The reverse side features a presidential-style eagle shield design with "250" in the center. The outer edge reads "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and "ONE DOLLAR."  " Even a clock that's stopped is right twice a day. "
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Politics aside, it feels so cheap how half the new coins this year are recycled designs.
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I'm somewhat pleased that this proposed coin is not intended to be the next Presidential dollar. Composed of gold, it would only be bought at an outrageous premium, and never intended for circulation. Grifting fingers in the till. A Presidential dollar honoring George H. W. Bush was released on December 4, 2020, two years after his death, due to a required two-year waiting period. NO KINGS Edited by Vector Ze
07/15/2026 10:33 pm
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Vector: It's not proposed; they are or will be striking them. It is gold in color but no precious medal content -- clad dollar.
Some of the press write-ups I've seen report Bessent referring to it as a "commemorative" of the 250th. . .
Trump said Bessent gave him "a gold one and a silver one."
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07/15/2026 11:21 pm
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If so, cptbilly, it is obscene. But, DJT knows not, nor cares about, laws or tradition.
I'll be okay with it two years after his death.
Until then, no, it is not legitimate.
Edited by Vector Ze
07/15/2026 11:33 pm
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There will eventually be TWO Presidential dollars for circulation, but only after he dies. Just like Grover Cleveland. One for each term. They will probably end up as NIFCs like Kennedy, Carter, etc. This is different from the Congressionally mandated Presidential dollar series. I also suspect there will be talented artists doing the hobo nickel treatment on a few specimens.  |
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Watch them nix the dollar bill in the name of saving money (like the penny) so people have to use these
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celebrates the strength of American values, and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all," Bessent wrote.
Political or not, I take personal offense to the US mint striking a coin claiming these things when Trump is the LEAST credible person ever to take office and be under the guise of "dedicated to preserving freedom for all." What a load of horse dung. |
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What a load of horse dung. Indeed. " Even a clock that's stopped is right twice a day. "
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All the coin collectors hate this, but will do their best to get one.
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All the coin collectors hate this No they don't. There isn't a single thing all coin collectors agree on, not even this. |
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Sorry Raised on Rock, this is one collector who will NOT "do their best to get one." Unless you are an error coin collector, it is an abdication of the Founders intentions stated and implied that we do not recognize our Presidents as Soverigns/Kings. Coins and currency with a sitting leader depicted are the things done in Monarchies and Authoritarian states not Democratic Republics.
Secretary Bessent is wrong, Donald John Trump does NOT represent "the strength of American values" nor ". . . A nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all."
It is truly sad that Mr. Bessent has chosen our nation's 250th celebration of our Declaration of Independence from the British Crown to not unite, but further divide our nation.
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07/16/2026 10:07 am
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It's not proposed; they are or will be striking them. It is gold in color but no precious medal content -- clad dollar. According to the message posted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on X, it will indeed be a " new $1 gold coin." The size of the $1 coin, and the amount of gold in it, has yet to be announced. For reference: The American Eagle 2026 proof gold coin, with a $50 designation, has one ounce of gold and is 1.287 inches in diameter, about the size of a half dollar. The American Eagle 2026 proof gold coin, with a $5 designation, has one tenth ounce of gold and is 0.650 inches in diameter, about the size of a dime. Going by that, the new $1 coin would be extremely small with very little gold . . . or not. |
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Sorry Raised on Rock, this is one collector who will NOT "do their best to get one." Likewise. The degradation will continue until morale improves.  |
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Sorry Raised on Rock, this is one collector who will NOT "do their best to get one." Nope, nope, nope. Well, maybe after I get my Benedict Arnold commemorative. |
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