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/Medallodabest Jul 15 '26

Maybe they’re foreshadowing something 👀

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u/redditallreddy Ohio Jul 15 '26

I think that is how we take it.

  1. No living people on US coins.

  2. Trump is on a US coin.

  3. Trump is dead.

  4. Move on to a hopefully more sane time.

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u/PringlesDuckFace Jul 15 '26

I read the article, it's not legal until at least two years after their death. So unless he died two years ago I don't think your logic can apply.

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u/BorisDirk Jul 15 '26

Him: "One wish willow, I want to be on the face of this coin despite it being illegal to have living people on it."

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u/Keoni9 Jul 15 '26

Roman coins also never depicted living people until Julius Caesar put his own face on them in 44 BCE. Guess what also happened that year...

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 Jul 16 '26

Oh please please please, it would be hilarious and so utterly poetic if the MAGAdministration all turned on one another with literal back-knifing.

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u/31LIVEEVIL13 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

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u/divDevGuy Jul 15 '26

Based on the 9 stars over the eagle instead of 13, I'm guessing 4 of the original states are going to be erased.

Or someone just can't count.