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<\/p>\nThe\u00a0$1 coin\u00a0designed to celebrate America’s 250th birthday and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish, will go on sale Wednesday, according the U.S. Mint.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0coin’s design\u00a0– Trump’s visage as “heads” and the Great Seal of the United States as “tails” – was given the stamp of approval this year by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members Trump appointed. In past comments, the president said that the idea to stamp his face on a coin was “very unusual” but that he was “honored by it.”<\/p>\n
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The U.S. Mint has started producing a new $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump’s image. (AP Graphic\/Treasury Department, File)<\/p>\n
The president’s second term has come with several such brandings, or attempts at them that have become tangled up in lawsuits. That includes moves to put Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center, as well as the U.S. Institute for Peace, as Trump works to leave his stamp on history and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
The coins, which can be used as legal tender, stirred some criticism particularly because of federal law that bars the depiction of a living president on U.S. currency. But in some circumstances, the treasury secretary does have authority to authorize the minting and issuance of special coins.<\/p>\n