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U.S. TREASURER TALKS UP TRUMP $250 BILLIn a recent interview, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach was asked about a $250 bill for the semiquincentennial. -Editor 
U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Wednesday that he is working on creating a $250 bill bearing the image of President Donald Trump. The U.S. treasurer supervises the nation's currency and coinage production, with direct oversight of the U.S. Mint and Fort Knox. Beach served as a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate for more than a decade before being appointed by Trump to his current position in May. "When Trump appointed me to the job, I told him I wanted to do a $250 bill with his picture on the 250th birthday celebration" of the U.S., Beach told the Caller, adding that first, Congress must pass legislation changing the current law, which states that a president must be deceased to be featured on paper currency. Beach confirmed that, if a bill passes Congress and is signed into law, he will immediately get to work on the $250 bill, which would become one of the highest-denomination bills currently in circulation. 
Notice that Beach's statement is conditional - "if a bill passes Congress." And given the multi-year (decade?) lead times for new paper money designs (due to the elaborate anti-counterfeiting measures required), I doubt this will ever happen. But for illustration, I included a couple design concepts submitted earlier by Wayne Pearson. -Editor
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