Treasury Defends Minting a $1 Trump Coin Despite 1866 Law NYT | Top Stories Alan Rappeport 7 October 2025 at 05:31 The Treasury Department said that a 2020 collectible coinage law allows a living person to appear on U.S. currency. © Kenny Holston/The New York TimesThe Treasury Department said on social media that “there is no profile more emblematic for the front of this coin than that of our serving President, Donald J. Trump.”