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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Trump’s face appears on $1 coin and his signature on the $100 bill as his team challenges the law

People across the U.S. will soon be able to see President Donald Trump’s signature on money and his portrait on a $1 coin, raising questions about whether his likeness violates federal law prohibiting living presidents from being featured on money.

To commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, the U.S. Mint is issuing $1 coins featuring Trump’s face, which the administration insists is allowed under a 2020 law that gives the Treasury secretary the authority to issue $1 coins “with designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial.”

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