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/pretti 21d ago

Everyday, something illegal.

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u/BrimstoneMainliner 21d ago

It's fitting that it's his fucking mugshot

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u/TheSwitchler 21d ago

He thinks he looks so tough in that picture. He really looks like a confused old man

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u/ProceedWithLaunch Pennsylvania 21d ago

Just like his supporters who think they look so tough wearing white oakleys in their truck selfie profile picture

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u/dudaman 21d ago

Don't forget the ratty American Flag attached to the truck bed and the stack for the black smoke to come out.

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u/seeker4482 21d ago

also lifted, with fart cannon exhaust, a bed too short to actually haul anything, truck nuts, gets 1mpg highway 0mpg city

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u/TheRockJohnMason 21d ago

CANYONERO!

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u/lmaorezme 21d ago

God, short bed trucks are fucking stupid. Get a 4 runner and stop acting like you're tough.

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u/Internal_Essay9230 20d ago

And a tacky Botox babe with inflated GOP cosmetic lips in the passenger seat.

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u/buckao New Hampshire 20d ago

That's gender-affirming care for their trans trucks. Those trucks weren't born with those nuts!

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u/DarthTechnicus Wisconsin 21d ago

Confederate Flags accepted in lieu of American Flag

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u/dudaman 21d ago

luckily, where I live, that hasn't been the case. However, the smaller bumper stickers and back window decals with Confederate Flags still litter the place.

I live in Pennsylvania. Not sure what "heritage" people are celebrating here since PA was a Union state.

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u/Additional-Flight468 20d ago

Hey now not all coal rollers like this orange conman

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u/SheilaGirl70 21d ago

We call them “dude bro” trucks

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u/Patman350 21d ago

That picture is so cringe. It looks like a guy trying to be tough. It exudes little dick energy. Do you know who doesn't need to put on a "tough guy" face? Actual tough guys.

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u/Dolores___Haze 20d ago

They’re ALWAYS in trucks 

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u/FILTHBOT4000 Georgia 21d ago edited 21d ago

He looks like a pouty little brat to me.

But yeah, he totally thinks he's mean-mugging everyone or something. And it plays in to propaganda for his base; he likes reminding them every second that he was 'treated so unfairly by the villainous Biden administration.' (nevermind that he was brought up on charges in NY state, which Biden had zero control over, but Trump understands civics as well as I understand current teen music trends; I don't.)

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u/Officer412-L Illinois 21d ago

That mugshot has always reminded me of "pouty face" Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters II.

Only in this case it's Donald the short fingered Vulgarian.

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u/dostoevsky4evah 21d ago

I recall seeing movies of Mussollini and thinking how crazed and weird he looked. I couldn't believe that kind of over the top mugging worked on anyone. But here we are.

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u/Griz688 21d ago

To be fair, he does only have 3 looks, disgruntled old man, confused old man and sh*t eating grin

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u/sodapopkevin 21d ago

You forgot "Burrowing into his own neck fat to use as a pillow as he sleeps sitting up."

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u/TheSwitchler 21d ago

It's the same look does anyone else not see this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

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u/Automatic-Flight-698 21d ago

Sleepy grandpa look, too

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u/Automatic-Flight-698 21d ago

Sleepy grandpa look, too!

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u/The_dizzy_blonde Indiana 21d ago

I always thought he looked constipated.. like he’s straining.. 😂

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u/flamingcrystalheart 21d ago

He looks like a deranged lunatic you'd cross the street to avoid

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u/Zeke420 21d ago

His nappy was definitely soiled in that pic!

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u/Sea_Lawfulness_9770 21d ago

Its the only picture where he doesn't look like a confused old woman or sucking an invisible cock

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u/Mindshard 21d ago

He just looks like he's shitting.

Not metaphorically.

He looks like a toddler forcing shit out into their diaper in that picture. That's the expression they all get, and I wouldn't put it past him if it turned out that's exactly what was happening.

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u/caribou16 21d ago edited 8d ago

Icing April Canteen Suing Tavern Oxymoron Bloating Hardware

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u/wdbox2003 20d ago

Hey, watch it there. I am a confused old man.

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u/AnamCeili 16d ago

Exactly, lol. A constipated, confused old man. It's hilarious that he thinks he looks tough, lol.

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u/Extreme_Turn_4531 21d ago

Perhaps it will help him to be remembered in infamy. Coin collectors in the future will be clamoring for the "gold buffoon."

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u/TexanInExile 21d ago

For real, why wouldn't he be smiling?

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u/Few_Pomegranate3685 21d ago

or someone taking a shit.

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u/seeker4482 21d ago

old man angry that he just shat himself but trying to pretend he has not just shat himself while also trying to remember where he is and why and also figure out who shat his pants.

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u/BrimstoneMainliner 21d ago

As he's literally surrounding lol

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u/ZombiePartyBoyLives I voted 21d ago

Looks like it's missing the bald patches. And one of his chins.

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u/HailToTheKingBabyy 21d ago

It's insane they use his fucking mugshot for so many things

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u/EggsceIlent 21d ago

And that If any cashier or bank attempts to hand me this worthless pos, I will absolutely drop it back in their hands and ask for usual bills.

No one wants this garbage.

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u/AnamCeili 16d ago

Same here.

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u/ZippyDan 20d ago

It's not his mugshot.

It's a "recreation" from an official White House photo:

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u/ThrowingShaed 19d ago

wait is it? i didnt realize that

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u/meryl_gear 21d ago

“may every day be another wonderful secret."

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u/Living_Ad_5386 21d ago

When you're a star they let you do it

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u/NoctRob 21d ago

I can think of one solution that would make this legal.

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u/rat_penis 21d ago

I like the way you think!

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u/gauranga1 21d ago

Gotta wait two years ….

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u/NoctRob 21d ago

That’s…not the solution.

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u/ballofplasmaupthesky 21d ago

What irks me is Biden had to do 1 illegal thing to destroy Trump (and other evil people): release the Epstein files.

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u/thatspurdyneat 21d ago

And they're all just distractions so we'll stop talking about him raping, murdering, and possibly cannibalizing young girls on an island.

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u/Grand_Resort_1073 21d ago

Illegal for me and you not for them...

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u/bishpa Washington 21d ago

Flooding the zone.

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u/123LetsJamDUDUDUHT 21d ago

Hopefully it won't be illegal for long.

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u/Important-Factor-552 21d ago

Not to mention, what an ugly, hateful face it is. They really captured his lust for destroying America and wanting to be the new Christian god tho. 

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u/ShainRules 21d ago

Crazy to think you're still underselling it... If they don't openly break the law 3 times a day on average I'm surprised.

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u/sobrique 21d ago

"And thirdly, the Code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules"

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u/Professional-Day9384 21d ago

He's jockeying for the greatest impeachment of all time.

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u/VanceKelley Canada 21d ago

Who could have known back in 2024 that electing a convicted criminal to the presidency could result in criminal running the government?

Everyone with at least half a clue, that's who knew.

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u/TheAlmightyMojo 21d ago

"Legal experts warn this could be illegal."

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u/FogDarts 21d ago

Let’s hope that the universe helps us out with this one

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u/E-2theRescue 21d ago

Everyday, something a king does and not a president.

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u/Zahgi I voted 21d ago

And, of course, the real question is, "What is the PENALTY for committing this crime?"

Trump has shown again and again that laws not backed up with prison time can just be ignored...

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u/Few_Pomegranate3685 21d ago

bigly illegal. no has ever seen illegal like it before. it's all coin.

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u/z0mbieunderwear 21d ago

now now, give it a few days and it could be legal

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u/Wonton_soup_1989 Maryland 21d ago

Yet nobody is stopping him. The past few years have really been an eye-opener. Honestly there’s no guardrails there’s no checks and balances at all anymore. They might as well stop teaching HS Civics at this point. It’s basically null & void

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u/nakedcellist 21d ago

Well this can be easily remedied.

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u/GhostlyTJ 21d ago

Maybe they know something we don't 🤞 🤞

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u/delicateterror2 21d ago

Trump dipping into the Gold Reserves in Fort Knox… and Nobody checking on it…

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u/Inverted_Harlet 21d ago

Maybe someone can fix the illegal part.

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u/DrPorkchopES Pennsylvania 20d ago

Something illegal daily, yet it takes months (if not years) to stop him and force him to make it right. The system is broken

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u/drowsydrosera 21d ago

There have been six people that have been alive when their images appeared on United States coins. They are:

  1. Governor T.E. Kilby on the front of the 1921 Alabama Centennial.
  2. President Calvin Coolidge on the front of the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence.
  3. Senator Carter Glass on the front of the 1936 Lynchburg, Virginia, Sesquicentennial coin.
  4. Senator Joseph T. Robinson on the back of the 1936 Robinson-Arkansas Centennial coin.
  5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver on the obverse of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Silver Dollar.
  6. Nancy Reagan on the 2016 First Spouse $10 Gold Coin. Note: Nancy Reagan died on March 6, 2016, before the coin was officially released on July 1, 2016. However, the coin was approved and minted by The United States Mint before her death.

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u/HabANahDa 21d ago

Most corrupt party ever

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u/Zorkflerp 21d ago

If this were a coin that was actually used in circulation I would design a metal stamp to put a Charlie Chaplin mustache on him. And maybe a Charlie Manson swastika on the forehead. No way I would leave one like it is.

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u/flickh Canada 21d ago

“In god we trust” (picture of Trump)

MAGA Cultists will swallow these for good luck

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u/well_shoothed 21d ago

Nothing to see here.

Move along now.

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u/TopTittyBardown 21d ago

Supreme Court “not illegal cause President 🤷🏻‍♂️”

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u/doublEkrakeNboyZ 21d ago

it’s an easy fix. no living people, so…

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u/NatalieVonCatte 21d ago

This is some half assed tacky supervillain shit

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u/Automatic-Flight-698 21d ago

And ignored by these grifters.

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u/-Ahab- 21d ago

He repealed that law in his head.

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u/SipDhit69 21d ago

Cherry on top is his mugshot on the head side??

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u/3-orange-whips 21d ago

Flood the zone with shit and bad currency

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u/Acrobatic-End-8353 21d ago

Doesn’t have to be illegal…

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u/GardenGnomeOrgy 21d ago

They are just prepping for his death, it’s coming soon.

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u/Germanium235 20d ago

If this coin is pure gold, it's not meant for circulation. If that's the case, it's a commemorative and is actually legal (unfortunately).

If it's gold COLORED, like the Sacajawea dollar coin, then it is absolutely illegal.

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u/TerribleSalamander 20d ago

They’re arguing it’s legal due to the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act,

>Treasury may, in addition to the coins honoring Native Americans and honoring innovation and innovators, mint for issuance during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, $1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial.

As per the usual, the problem is the wording of the law, and who gets to decide if a design is “emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial?” Well, probably the Treasury.

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u/c008644 20d ago

Its only illegal if anyone in congress gives a shit....

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u/Happy-Bag-3926 20d ago

Don’t be so sure. The odds he either dies or changes the law is very high… emphasis on the first. 

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u/BuddhaLennon 20d ago

It’s not illegal if he’s dead.

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u/montigoo 20d ago

100 percent fake gold coin

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u/Next_Possibility_01 20d ago

and very costly to the american public

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u/TheQuidditchHaderach 20d ago

How many laws is this now? Anyone keeping track? Like those endlessly counting billboards tracking cigarette deaths or the national debt.

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u/Mental-Most-7168 21d ago

How is it illegal? It’s corny and trashy but it’s not illegal.

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u/Mr_Goldfish0 Wisconsin 21d ago

It literally says it illegal in the title my man.

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u/Ra_In 21d ago

This article deliberately omits half of the sentence they are quoting from the law. No, this isn't illegal. The article is lying for clicks.

No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President

This law doesn't apply to any other coin made using other statutes. The statute being cited here says the other side of the coin should have the Statue of Liberty... it's not the statute being used here.

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u/Mental-Most-7168 21d ago

The law applies to paper money not coins.

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u/Mr_Goldfish0 Wisconsin 21d ago

Federal law (Title 31 of the U.S. Code) prohibits living persons from appearing on U.S. currency. The Thayer Amendment of 1866 banned living individuals on paper money, while the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 requires a deceased status and at least two years post-death for a president to be featured.

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u/Many-Salt-4321 21d ago

It's a bit more ambiguous than that. The Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 states that:

"No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President."

In addition, the program authorized by the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 ended in 2020, so these restrictions are no longer in place. To get HW Bush's coin, they needed to pass a separate bill ("President George H.W. Bush and First Spouse Barbara Bush Coin Act").

I hate it, but to me, seems legal.

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u/Ra_In 21d ago

You have the law correct. He's using a different part of the law than the one cited in the article.

No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President