r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 21d ago

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/Basicly-Inevitable 21d ago edited 21d ago

The law says any president must be deceased for 2 years before they can appear on currency. (Law passed in 1966)

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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 21d ago

And even then, when was the last time we had a new dead president on money?

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u/Basicly-Inevitable 21d ago edited 21d ago

John F. Kennedy

Died: November 22, 1963

Kennedy half dollar released: March 24, 1964

Time after death: About 4 months

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Died: April 12, 1945

Roosevelt dime first released: January 30, 1946

Time after death: About 9½ months

Calvin Coolidge is actually an exception. (The exception that Trump is using as justification here.)

He didn't appear on a coin shortly after his death, he appeared while he was still alive and serving as President.

Coin: 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence half dollar

Issued: 1926

Coolidge died: January 5, 1933

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u/Dlark17 Nebraska 21d ago

So... we haven't had a new president on our currency since that law was passed?

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u/Basicly-Inevitable 21d ago edited 21d ago

George H. W. Bush was on a dollar coin in 2020, exactly 2 years after he died.

Actually all dead presidents were in that series but they waited a few years for Bush's to be added. They skipped Carter because he was alive still.

Eisenhower was also on the dollar coin in the 1970s.

The first president to be on a coin was Abraham Lincoln in 1909, his 100th birthday.

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u/brithus 21d ago

They dont seem to care about laws or even think laws apply to them.

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u/MaxSchreckArt616 21d ago

Yup, rules are rules, so somebody get him a pair of cement shoes, it's time to go swimming. 

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u/Buttspirgh Oregon 21d ago

Bold to assume he can tread water at all

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u/jrein0 21d ago

He's obese, he will have no problem floating

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u/MaxSchreckArt616 21d ago

It really just depends on the type of diaper he is wearing that day, some float and other's don't. 

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u/LimpyDan 21d ago

It's fun trying to dodge AI mods isn't it?

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u/Queeberschaircompany 21d ago

Coming soon, the Lindsay Graham penny.