Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is among a group of senators urging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to reject designs for a $1 coin celebrating America's 250th birthday and featuring the face of President Donald Trump.

The senators, all Democrats, cite the U.S. Mint's centuries-long practice of not putting images of living persons on American coinage.

Joining Cortez Masto in a letter to Bessent were Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware), Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Andy Kim (D-New Jersey), Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island), Adam Schiff (D-California) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon).

“American lawmakers throughout history have reaffirmed the time-honored tradition of not circulating U.S. currency with images of currently elected officials,” the senators wrote. “For centuries, m

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