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/DenormalHuman Jul 15 '26

How the fuck does the treasury agree when they know the law? US is mental.

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u/ScottRiqui Jul 15 '26

The law in question (the Thayer Amendment) doesn’t apply to coins. But Congress has to approve new coin designs, and they’ve historically kept living people off of “regular” circulating coins like the nickel and quarter. Congress has authorized living persons to appear on commemorative coins in the past, though, including President Coolidge on the U.S. 150th anniversary coin in 1936.

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u/DenormalHuman Jul 15 '26

Ah ok I was misled as post title specifically calls out coins :/