Today we are focusing on the fourth leaflet: CNBC exposed that the U.S. Treasury Department is considering casting a Trump portrait coin worth $1.

Recently, the U.S. Treasury's consideration of minting a $1 coin with the portrait of President Trump has aroused widespread concern and discussion on the U.S. Internet. According to the design sketch exposed on social media, the obverse of this commemorative coin is engraved with Trump's profile head and the words "1776-2026", highlighting the 250th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The design on the back of the coin depicts the moment after Trump was assassinated at a 2024 Pennsylvania campaign rally. At that time, Trump clenched his fists and looked into the distance, engraved with the slogan he shouted to his supporters at the time: "Fight, fight, fight." It is generally believed that this failed assassination is a stepping stone to help Trump win the White House again.

The news caused great controversy because it directly touched a long legal tradition in the United States. According to an Act of Congress in 1866, in order to avoid monarchy/extreme personality cult, only portraits of deceased people are usually printed on American currency. The last time a living president appeared on a coin dates back to 1926, when the protagonist was then President Calvin Coolidge. This situation is extremely rare, making him the only president in American history who had his head printed on a coin before his death, and it also caused criticism at that time.

The direct reason why Coolidge appeared on the coin was to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the independence of the United States. During Coolidge's term, small government policies and tax cuts were implemented. During this period, the U.S. economy grew rapidly and was called the "Coolidge Prosperity". After the political scandals of the Harding period, Coolidge's popular image was believed to help restore public trust in the White House, so his head was engraved with the Independence Anniversary coin.

At present, the public and netizens are targeting the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence commemorative coin, and is also mainly around Trump's "default".This incident also puts the U.S. Treasury Department at the center of public opinion, which had to stand up to emphasize, saying that the final design plan for commemorating the coin has not yet been determined.