HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — Mark Twain is being emblazoned on a commemorative coin, and his Missouri hometown figures to reap some of the benefit along with other sites associated with the famous author.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a law that calls for the U.S. Mint to produce for a limited time $1 and $5 coins honoring Twain, who grew up in Hannibal and based many of his most famous characters on the people of the northeast Missouri town.