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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the trump coin is minted, then the only appropriate name for this coin is the Pedo
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hermetic
(9,281 posts)Absolutely.
lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)As in "I'll give you five pendejos for that MAGA cap."
snowybirdie
(6,749 posts)How well the Kennedy Silver Dollar went over? Some saved them as a memorial to the fallen President, but mostly, people refused to use them in circulation. Too heavy and cumbersome. Haven't seen one in years. Do they even still mint them?
Paladin
(32,354 posts)I'll never own one, but I'll damn sure use the term for it.
Sogo
(7,303 posts)nt.
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)John Farmer
(410 posts)I'm on board!
hatrack
(65,148 posts)madinmaryland
(65,775 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(182,061 posts)It might sound like a weird joke, but theres an actual plan to make a legal tender $1 coin next year that would glorify the incumbent president.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-dollar-coin-2026-rollout-rcna235974
The Treasury on Friday shared draft images of a $1 commemorative coin, featuring President Donald Trumps visage, that the United States Mint is preparing in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Trumps instantly recognizable profile is featured on the heads side of the coin. On the tails side, the coin will have an image of Trump with his first raised, standing in front of an American flag.
.....I should probably emphasize that this is not a joke. The report is not satire. This is not intended to make the administration look foolish for the sake of comedy......
Putting aside questions of propriety, how would this be legal? The answer is, it might not be. The New York Times reported:
The Treasury is authorized to mint the coins for a year, according to the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020. The coins must have designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial, the legislation says. It is not clear that Mr. Trumps image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy.
Lets also not overlook the fact that the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 also states, No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z).
I wish that this was satire.
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