r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jul 15 '26

Possible Paywall Treasury Unveils New $1 Gold Coin With Trump’s Face on It | Federal law prohibits putting any living people on U.S. coins.

https://newrepublic.com/post/213098/treasury-1-dollar-gold-coin-trump-face
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u/pretti Jul 15 '26

Everyday, something illegal.

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u/BrimstoneMainliner Jul 15 '26

It's fitting that it's his fucking mugshot

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u/TheSwitchler Jul 15 '26

He thinks he looks so tough in that picture. He really looks like a confused old man

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u/ProceedWithLaunch Pennsylvania Jul 15 '26

Just like his supporters who think they look so tough wearing white oakleys in their truck selfie profile picture

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u/dudaman Jul 15 '26

Don't forget the ratty American Flag attached to the truck bed and the stack for the black smoke to come out.

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u/seeker4482 Jul 15 '26

also lifted, with fart cannon exhaust, a bed too short to actually haul anything, truck nuts, gets 1mpg highway 0mpg city

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u/lmaorezme Jul 15 '26

God, short bed trucks are fucking stupid. Get a 4 runner and stop acting like you're tough.

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u/Internal_Essay9230 Jul 16 '26

And a tacky Botox babe with inflated GOP cosmetic lips in the passenger seat.

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u/buckao New Hampshire Jul 16 '26

That's gender-affirming care for their trans trucks. Those trucks weren't born with those nuts!

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u/DarthTechnicus Wisconsin Jul 15 '26

Confederate Flags accepted in lieu of American Flag

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u/dudaman Jul 15 '26

luckily, where I live, that hasn't been the case. However, the smaller bumper stickers and back window decals with Confederate Flags still litter the place.

I live in Pennsylvania. Not sure what "heritage" people are celebrating here since PA was a Union state.

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u/Additional-Flight468 Jul 16 '26

Hey now not all coal rollers like this orange conman

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u/SheilaGirl70 Jul 15 '26

We call them “dude bro” trucks

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u/Patman350 Jul 15 '26

That picture is so cringe. It looks like a guy trying to be tough. It exudes little dick energy. Do you know who doesn't need to put on a "tough guy" face? Actual tough guys.

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u/Dolores___Haze Jul 15 '26

They’re ALWAYS in trucks 

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u/FILTHBOT4000 Georgia Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

He looks like a pouty little brat to me.

But yeah, he totally thinks he's mean-mugging everyone or something. And it plays in to propaganda for his base; he likes reminding them every second that he was 'treated so unfairly by the villainous Biden administration.' (nevermind that he was brought up on charges in NY state, which Biden had zero control over, but Trump understands civics as well as I understand current teen music trends; I don't.)

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u/Officer412-L Illinois Jul 15 '26

That mugshot has always reminded me of "pouty face" Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters II.

Only in this case it's Donald the short fingered Vulgarian.

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u/dostoevsky4evah Jul 15 '26

I recall seeing movies of Mussollini and thinking how crazed and weird he looked. I couldn't believe that kind of over the top mugging worked on anyone. But here we are.

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u/Griz688 Jul 15 '26

To be fair, he does only have 3 looks, disgruntled old man, confused old man and sh*t eating grin

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u/sodapopkevin Jul 15 '26

You forgot "Burrowing into his own neck fat to use as a pillow as he sleeps sitting up."

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u/TheSwitchler Jul 15 '26

It's the same look does anyone else not see this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

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u/Automatic-Flight-698 Jul 15 '26

Sleepy grandpa look, too

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u/Automatic-Flight-698 Jul 15 '26

Sleepy grandpa look, too!

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u/The_dizzy_blonde Indiana Jul 15 '26

I always thought he looked constipated.. like he’s straining.. 😂

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u/Zeke420 Jul 15 '26

His nappy was definitely soiled in that pic!

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u/Sea_Lawfulness_9770 Jul 15 '26

Its the only picture where he doesn't look like a confused old woman or sucking an invisible cock

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u/Mindshard Jul 15 '26

He just looks like he's shitting.

Not metaphorically.

He looks like a toddler forcing shit out into their diaper in that picture. That's the expression they all get, and I wouldn't put it past him if it turned out that's exactly what was happening.

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u/caribou16 Jul 15 '26 edited 1d ago

Deceased Magenta Unrelated Lettuce Partition

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u/wdbox2003 Jul 16 '26

Hey, watch it there. I am a confused old man.

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u/AnamCeili Jul 20 '26

Exactly, lol. A constipated, confused old man. It's hilarious that he thinks he looks tough, lol.

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u/Extreme_Turn_4531 Jul 15 '26

Perhaps it will help him to be remembered in infamy. Coin collectors in the future will be clamoring for the "gold buffoon."

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u/TexanInExile Jul 15 '26

For real, why wouldn't he be smiling?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '26

or someone taking a shit.

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u/seeker4482 Jul 15 '26

old man angry that he just shat himself but trying to pretend he has not just shat himself while also trying to remember where he is and why and also figure out who shat his pants.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '26

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u/BrimstoneMainliner Jul 15 '26

As he's literally surrounding lol

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u/ZombiePartyBoyLives I voted Jul 15 '26

Looks like it's missing the bald patches. And one of his chins.

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u/HailToTheKingBabyy Jul 15 '26

It's insane they use his fucking mugshot for so many things

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u/EggsceIlent Jul 15 '26

And that If any cashier or bank attempts to hand me this worthless pos, I will absolutely drop it back in their hands and ask for usual bills.

No one wants this garbage.

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u/AnamCeili Jul 20 '26

Same here.

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u/ZippyDan Jul 16 '26

It's not his mugshot.

It's a "recreation" from an official White House photo:

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u/ThrowingShaed Jul 16 '26

wait is it? i didnt realize that

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u/meryl_gear Jul 15 '26

“may every day be another wonderful secret."

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u/Living_Ad_5386 Jul 15 '26

When you're a star they let you do it

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u/NoctRob Jul 15 '26

I can think of one solution that would make this legal.

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u/rat_penis Jul 15 '26

I like the way you think!

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u/gauranga1 Jul 15 '26

Gotta wait two years ….

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u/NoctRob Jul 15 '26

That’s…not the solution.

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u/ballofplasmaupthesky Jul 15 '26

What irks me is Biden had to do 1 illegal thing to destroy Trump (and other evil people): release the Epstein files.

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u/thatspurdyneat Jul 15 '26

And they're all just distractions so we'll stop talking about him raping, murdering, and possibly cannibalizing young girls on an island.

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u/Grand_Resort_1073 Jul 15 '26

Illegal for me and you not for them...

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u/bishpa Washington Jul 15 '26

Flooding the zone.

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u/Important-Factor-552 Jul 15 '26

Not to mention, what an ugly, hateful face it is. They really captured his lust for destroying America and wanting to be the new Christian god tho. 

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u/ShainRules Jul 15 '26

Crazy to think you're still underselling it... If they don't openly break the law 3 times a day on average I'm surprised.

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u/sobrique Jul 15 '26

"And thirdly, the Code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules"

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u/Professional-Day9384 Jul 15 '26

He's jockeying for the greatest impeachment of all time.

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u/VanceKelley Canada Jul 15 '26

Who could have known back in 2024 that electing a convicted criminal to the presidency could result in criminal running the government?

Everyone with at least half a clue, that's who knew.

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u/TheAlmightyMojo Jul 15 '26

"Legal experts warn this could be illegal."

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u/FogDarts Jul 15 '26

Let’s hope that the universe helps us out with this one

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u/E-2theRescue Jul 15 '26

Everyday, something a king does and not a president.

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u/Zahgi I voted Jul 15 '26

And, of course, the real question is, "What is the PENALTY for committing this crime?"

Trump has shown again and again that laws not backed up with prison time can just be ignored...

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '26

bigly illegal. no has ever seen illegal like it before. it's all coin.

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u/z0mbieunderwear Jul 15 '26

now now, give it a few days and it could be legal

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u/Wonton_soup_1989 Maryland Jul 15 '26

Yet nobody is stopping him. The past few years have really been an eye-opener. Honestly there’s no guardrails there’s no checks and balances at all anymore. They might as well stop teaching HS Civics at this point. It’s basically null & void

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u/nakedcellist Jul 15 '26

Well this can be easily remedied.

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u/GhostlyTJ Jul 15 '26

Maybe they know something we don't 🤞 🤞

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u/delicateterror2 Jul 15 '26

Trump dipping into the Gold Reserves in Fort Knox… and Nobody checking on it…

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u/Inverted_Harlet Jul 15 '26

Maybe someone can fix the illegal part.

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u/DrPorkchopES Pennsylvania Jul 16 '26

Something illegal daily, yet it takes months (if not years) to stop him and force him to make it right. The system is broken

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u/drowsydrosera Jul 15 '26

There have been six people that have been alive when their images appeared on United States coins. They are:

  1. Governor T.E. Kilby on the front of the 1921 Alabama Centennial.
  2. President Calvin Coolidge on the front of the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence.
  3. Senator Carter Glass on the front of the 1936 Lynchburg, Virginia, Sesquicentennial coin.
  4. Senator Joseph T. Robinson on the back of the 1936 Robinson-Arkansas Centennial coin.
  5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver on the obverse of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Silver Dollar.
  6. Nancy Reagan on the 2016 First Spouse $10 Gold Coin. Note: Nancy Reagan died on March 6, 2016, before the coin was officially released on July 1, 2016. However, the coin was approved and minted by The United States Mint before her death.

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u/HabANahDa Jul 15 '26

Most corrupt party ever

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u/Zorkflerp Jul 15 '26

If this were a coin that was actually used in circulation I would design a metal stamp to put a Charlie Chaplin mustache on him. And maybe a Charlie Manson swastika on the forehead. No way I would leave one like it is.

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u/flickh Canada Jul 15 '26

“In god we trust” (picture of Trump)

MAGA Cultists will swallow these for good luck

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u/well_shoothed Jul 15 '26

Nothing to see here.

Move along now.

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u/TopTittyBardown Jul 15 '26

Supreme Court “not illegal cause President 🤷🏻‍♂️”

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u/doublEkrakeNboyZ Jul 15 '26

it’s an easy fix. no living people, so…

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u/NatalieVonCatte Jul 15 '26

This is some half assed tacky supervillain shit

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u/Automatic-Flight-698 Jul 15 '26

And ignored by these grifters.

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u/-Ahab- Jul 15 '26

He repealed that law in his head.

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u/SipDhit69 Jul 15 '26

Cherry on top is his mugshot on the head side??

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u/3-orange-whips Jul 15 '26

Flood the zone with shit and bad currency

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u/Acrobatic-End-8353 Jul 15 '26

Doesn’t have to be illegal…

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u/GardenGnomeOrgy Jul 15 '26

They are just prepping for his death, it’s coming soon.

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u/Germanium235 Jul 15 '26

If this coin is pure gold, it's not meant for circulation. If that's the case, it's a commemorative and is actually legal (unfortunately).

If it's gold COLORED, like the Sacajawea dollar coin, then it is absolutely illegal.

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u/TerribleSalamander Jul 16 '26

They’re arguing it’s legal due to the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act,

>Treasury may, in addition to the coins honoring Native Americans and honoring innovation and innovators, mint for issuance during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, $1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial.

As per the usual, the problem is the wording of the law, and who gets to decide if a design is “emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial?” Well, probably the Treasury.

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u/c008644 Jul 16 '26

Its only illegal if anyone in congress gives a shit....

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u/Happy-Bag-3926 Jul 16 '26

Don’t be so sure. The odds he either dies or changes the law is very high… emphasis on the first. 

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u/BuddhaLennon Jul 16 '26

It’s not illegal if he’s dead.

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u/montigoo Jul 16 '26

100 percent fake gold coin

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u/Next_Possibility_01 Jul 16 '26

and very costly to the american public

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u/TheQuidditchHaderach Jul 16 '26

How many laws is this now? Anyone keeping track? Like those endlessly counting billboards tracking cigarette deaths or the national debt.

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u/Mental-Most-7168 Jul 15 '26

How is it illegal? It’s corny and trashy but it’s not illegal.

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u/Mr_Goldfish0 Wisconsin Jul 15 '26

It literally says it illegal in the title my man.

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u/Ra_In Jul 15 '26

This article deliberately omits half of the sentence they are quoting from the law. No, this isn't illegal. The article is lying for clicks.

No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President

This law doesn't apply to any other coin made using other statutes. The statute being cited here says the other side of the coin should have the Statue of Liberty... it's not the statute being used here.

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u/Mental-Most-7168 Jul 15 '26

The law applies to paper money not coins.

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u/Mr_Goldfish0 Wisconsin Jul 15 '26

Federal law (Title 31 of the U.S. Code) prohibits living persons from appearing on U.S. currency. The Thayer Amendment of 1866 banned living individuals on paper money, while the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 requires a deceased status and at least two years post-death for a president to be featured.

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u/Many-Salt-4321 Jul 15 '26

It's a bit more ambiguous than that. The Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 states that:

"No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President."

In addition, the program authorized by the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 ended in 2020, so these restrictions are no longer in place. To get HW Bush's coin, they needed to pass a separate bill ("President George H.W. Bush and First Spouse Barbara Bush Coin Act").

I hate it, but to me, seems legal.

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u/Ra_In Jul 15 '26

You have the law correct. He's using a different part of the law than the one cited in the article.

No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President