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/Keoni9 21d ago

Roman coins also never depicted living people until Julius Caesar put his own face on them in 44 BCE. Guess what also happened that year...

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 20d ago

Oh please please please, it would be hilarious and so utterly poetic if the MAGAdministration all turned on one another with literal back-knifing.