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A president, mid-term, on the money.
In the summer of 2026, with the United States preparing to mark its 250th birthday, the Treasury Department did something no modern administration had dared: it put a living president's face on federal money.
The decision came straight from the top. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that President Trump's portrait would appear on a new $1 commemorative coin, while his own signature would soon roll across redesigned paper currency. For a nation used to seeing dead presidents on its coins, the move was as unprecedented as it was deliberate. It was the first time a sitting president had been honored on U.S. currency in generations.