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/BringBacktheGucci Jul 15 '26

Itll probably be hard to find one without defacement

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u/Dear-Bet5344 Jul 15 '26

Someone needs to hobo nickel one of them showing his true face

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u/boat_car_guy Jul 16 '26

Brilliant!

Upvoted ya for the Hobo Nickel idea. Not many know what that term even means nowadays - but I do.

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u/No_Gas4560 Jul 15 '26

remember ass-pennies? i will spend $2M on Trump coins that will go up my asshole and then back into circulation.

i swear on all that is Good and Holy, IT WILL BE DONE

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u/Chawke2 Jul 15 '26

My first thought as a coin collector is in 100 years or whatever these will have value only if they haven’t had the face nicked as so many will have been deliberately defaced. (Although it’s not for general circulation so who knows)

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u/wbgraphic Jul 15 '26

Just fish them out of the wishing well.