Nine Senate Democrats penned a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting he nix the proposed “America 250” celebration coins that feature President Donald Trump‘s face.
The U.S. Mint announced this summer that it would be “making changes to most of our circulating coins” as part of a collectable celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial in 2026. The recently published proposed designs feature three options of a heads-facing side, each portraying Trump.
The obverse, or heads, side options say “Liberty,” “In God We Trust,” and “1776-2026,” and show one of three portrait-style images of Trump. The Senate Democrats, led by Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), called on Bessent to reject all three proposals of Trump and instead “honor images and concepts foundational to
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