Federal law prohibits putting any living people on U.S. coins.
“As America commemorates 250 years of independence, the US Mint will begin striking this new $1 gold coin to honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote Wednesday morning. “Featuring President Trump, it celebrates the strength of American values, and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all.”
This move is technically illegal, as 31 U.S. Code § 5112 proclaims that no coin shall “bear the image of a living former or current President,” until at least two years after their death. The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 also holds that living people cannot appear on the back of a coin. The Trump administration is trying to skirt those laws by arguing that the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act allows the president to create memorial coins to celebrate America’s 250th.
A Treasury Department spokesperson told Axios the coin is already being made and will be released this fall. This move is technically illegal, as 31 U.S. Code § 5112 proclaims that no coin shall “bear the image of a living former or current President,” until at least two years after their death. The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 also holds that living people cannot appear on the back of a coin. The Trump administration is trying to skirt those laws by arguing that the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act allows the president to create memorial coins to celebrate America’s 250th.
A Treasury Department spokesperson told Axios the coin is already being made and will be released this fall.
Well, the only way this coin becomes legal is for a very specific thing to happen.
Also, man, I sure hope this coin becomes legal…
Although it’s a victimless crime, it’s still alarming that they can just blatantly ignore the law for Trump. What next? Ignoring election laws?
We already are. Jan 6th… He can’t legally hold any public office after that.
it’s still alarming that they can just blatantly ignore the law for Trump
Laws are only worth something if they’re enforced. Trump’s been Teflon his entire adult life, whether he was doing coke and real estate frauds in the 80s or embezzlement and racketeering in the 90s or child sex trafficking in the 00s or President Crimes in the 10s and 20s.
Biden’s AG looked into Trump for four years and came back with “There’s literally nothing we could possibly prosecute him for so we won’t even try.” And this was a guy who got nailed on 34 counts of whatever it is Alvin Bragg indicted him over (paying off a prostitute with campaign donations, I think?) in a trial that ended with no actual punishment being assigned.
Like, whatchagonna do? Laws are clearly for little people. Trump (and Musk and Eric Prince and Ron DeSantis and Bill Gates and Robert Richards IV and Prince Andrew and - really - anyone with the correct volume of money and power) can do whatever they damned please. Nobody is going to stop them.
I used to be hopeful that mechanisms for structural reform would prevail, but the wealthy seem hellbent on welding shut all the safety valves and unplugging the control panels to get a surge of power without anyone being able to stop them. Or even know how long before everything goes critical.
But my centrist, apolitical friends don’t seem worried. I’m sure it’s fine.
They are already ignoring the Constitution and many other laws. This is not new. It is just more.
Not sure I’d quite call it victimless. We use the choice of who or what to commemorate on cash and coins as a way to culturally recognize the collective value we as a society place on people, places, events, etc. By hijacking a new coin, Trump is removing our ability, at least for a time, to celebrate someone or something more meaningful. It’s a kind of softer victimization, but it’s not harmless.
What next? Ignoring election laws?
They literally attacked the Capitol
But ultimately, the election results were upheld in the end. I’m imagining a scenario where the democrats win and it’s simply ignored and MAGA stays in power anyway
But ultimately, the election results were upheld in the end.
Did you reply to the wrong part of my comment? Yes, I’m aware they’re going to fuck with the election, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I’M SAYING THEY’RE GOING TO DO! that doesn’t change the fact that the January 6th attack failed and Biden still became president. The election results weren’t ignored in the end. I’m agreeing with you that they’re going to be ignored in the future, that was my point to begin with
Easy enough to deface.
Full dictator shit
Aladeen Bucks.
The strength of American values and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all*.
*All does not include anyone who is not a white male
Terms and Conditions Apply, not valid in all areas, not available in all colors.
Rich white male.
Wait, that’s illegal
Get in line mate.
So is sodomizing pre-teen girls and burying their room-temperature corpse on your golf course.
Illegal.
Not that it matters in this unlawful shithole.
I would destroy every one of these I came across. It’s just a dollar. They’ll end up becoming a rarity. Like collecting Nazi paraphernalia.
Scratch the face up (think: sidewalks and other rough concrete) and swap it at the bank for paper.
… In theory…
Will the coins be made of gold? Or of any useful metals? Asking for our hungry furnace
Just a heavy coat of spray tan.
It’s tradition to place a past hero on currency to honor them. This reeks of insecurity and desperation to be remembered as anything other than a pedo.
It’s not just tradition. It’s illegal.
(Edit: The legality, or lack thereof, is covered in the body text. I’m just saying. Tradition doesn’t enter into it here.)
We had Bitcoin, now we have pedocoin
Already have pedocoin: https://tr.okx.com/en/price/pedocoin-pedocoin
He’s so desperate.
Leaders are remembered for the good or bad they do. He objectively hasn’t done any good, so he’s just going to be remembered as a felon rapist pedophile. That’s his legacy and there’s nothing he can do to change that.
There’s a reason why Google made search shitty without LLMs, it’s to control information. Once you have that control, who’s to say he didn’t ever take a shit or piss, or ever golfed without always hitting a hole in one?
Hilarious how he’s just making a fool of the entire country at this point.
This point?
As for this coin… I wouldn’t accept it as legal tender.
UR FASCIST MONEY ISN’T ANAY GOOD HEAH. NAH GIT OUTTA MAH SHOP. NA. GIT.
I feel like it’s a good time to invest in those old penny press machines, just for novelty sake
This is some Caligula level shit that has nothing to do with liberty or American values.
Celebrating pedophiles by putting its face on everything. America is fucking gross.
Yeah because America wants this.
Very honest and nuanced read of the situation, very well done.
America voted for it.
It’s not like he was hiding his true self until after he was elected. It was all on the table. We even had him as president once already. And America voted for it again.
This is America.
I’m honestly not convinced we did
Compared to a shithead cop who didn’t win a primary. Context matters, of course - especially with statements lacking nuance
Compared to a
… Someone who fucking wasn’t trump.
I cant believe this is a hard concept to get. Ignoring the fact that she had a clear record as a prosecutor - not a cop, if you still need to hate them - and of community leadership, of course, but that seems to have been lost when you were convinced somehow that she wasn’t the least-worse option
OUT
OF
TWO.
Like, my dog can choose between ‘cookie’ and ‘no cookie’, but you struggle with his one. Really?
I share your frustration. No fucking shit - anyone here with a brain was shocked. You don’t think we’ven been living the nightmare you’re describing? How fucking dense must you be to think that brow beating someone on your same side could do any good?
We are in agreement - it’s shocking and horrible that he won, even compared to an astoundingly shitty choice
Yeah, they do
They vote these lunatics in, repeatedly. This one is there because the people put him there
It is nuanced; the problem is a lack of responsibility and an unwillingness to take that responsibility on behalf of the US, not a lack of nuance from observers outside.
Take some fucking responsibility.
For voting against fascism? Then fine I take full responsibility
I’m sure you do for your own vote.
The struggle is the country taking responsibility for its collective selfishness, then expecting individual understanding from those outside which Americans don’t offer themselves.
Im not seeing people disposing him and his Junta. So yeah, USA sure isnt not wanting it strong enough
Yeah, the people who love guns are also the timid weirdos who love to lick boot. So a percentage of us want this very badly, that’s for sure.
But I’m not getting shot for this by myself on a cold Tuesday morning. Any other ideas? I’m open to literally any of them
🤮
shouldn’t it be a $13 coin, so it matches his preferred age of victim?
